Helping you
succeed:
student support
services
We provide high-quality Pre-entry services
facilities in which to
If you are contemplating going to
university, we recognise that it’s not only
study and excellent
information about the course that you
need. Everybody’s circumstances are
support services, to
different and new students may have to
ensure you have an
consider issues such as finance, childcare
or disability. We are well aware that you
all-round positive
will require information on these areas
making your final choice. The
experience during your before
Transition and Pre-Entry Adviser, Student
student journey.
Funding Adviser and Disability Team are
available to ensure you obtain all the
information you need before and during
the decision-making process to come to
university.
You can make contact with any of the
services highlighted on this page by
phone, email or in person to discuss
issues in a confidential and accessible
manner, before or during the application
process.
and confidential phone call or meeting,
please contact a Disability Adviser (see
contact details on page 23).
It is helpful to contact a Disability Adviser
as soon as you have firmly accepted an
unconditional offer of a place on a course
at QMU. This helps to provide us with
useful information so we can begin to
put arrangements in place for you as
soon as possible.
Funding
Our Student Funding Adviser provides
information on the funding that will be
available to you to support your studies
— for example student loans, bursaries,
tuition fee loans and childcare funds. For
more information on funding and how to
contact the Funding Adviser, see pages
160-163.
Mature students and college leavers
Disability
We aim to support all students in our
diverse learning community to participate
fully in their studies and university life. For
students with disabilities such as sensory
impairments, medical conditions, mobility
issues, mental health difficulties and
specific learning difficulties such as
dyslexia, we offer a wide range of
support. If you would like to find out
more information, or arrange a personal
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If you are returning to education after a
long gap you may feel a little anxious
about learning and studying again. Our
Transition and Pre-Entry Guidance Adviser
can answer queries that you may have on
studying at higher education level. Eligible
students will be invited to join QMAdvance
— a short pre-induction course that helps
ensure that new students have a smooth
transition into QMU, as they embark on
their chosen course.