Student Support and Guidance Tutors

Our Student Support and Guidance Tutors (SSGTs) are dedicated to supporting you with any issues that might be impacting your studies, your wellbeing and your experience with us.

Each academic school has at least one SSGT. They are a great source of information and advice and are available for all students. You will get to meet your SSGT in the first few weeks of starting university.

You can find SSGT contact details below. And while we have a blend of on-campus and remote learning, SSGTs are readily available via email and video call, using Microsoft Teams.

Self-help resources, including Togetherall, are also available.

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What your SSGT can do for you

SSGTs are part of the Student Wellbeing Team but work within schools alongside academic staff – information is only shared with schools if you have given them permission to do so. 

The Student Services statement of service (pdf) contains more information about confidentiality.

SSGTs will listen to your concerns, find out what is truly going on and how things are affecting you. They will talk through your options and may direct you to specialist services across the university as well as the support available locally.

SSGTs often work closely with your Personal Academic Tutor and Course Leaders. While an SSGT provides guidance relating to wellbeing and personal issues, a Personal Academic Tutor can help you to make sure you are getting the most out of your studies and receiving the academic support you need. An SSGT may refer you to a Personal Academic Tutor, or vice-versa.

You can talk through anything affecting your ability to achieve with your SSGT, including:

  • health, wellbeing and self-care
  • anxiety and stress-related issues
  • Additional Considerations applications and processes
  • motivation, procrastination and time-management
  • isolation, loneliness and homesickness
  • accommodation issues
  • difficulties with your course - guidance on intermission, transfers and withdrawal
  • discrimination, bullying and harassment - reporting and support.

Contact details

For support outside office hours you can download our list of useful contacts (pdf).

Normal office hours are Monday–Thursday 9am–5pm and Friday 9am–4.30pm.

Please select your school's heading and look for the correct contact details by your course area.

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School of Applied Sciences

Ruth Muinde

Ruth Muinde

Course areas
Pharmacy, Biomedical Science, Biomolecular Sciences, Ecology, Chemistry, Related MSci and MRes courses

Email
ssgtpabs@brighton.ac.uk

Location
Huxley 605

Availability
Monday-Friday by appointment

Roy Gilfillian

Roy Gilfillian

Course areas
Geography, Earth and Environment, Foundation Year Pharmacy and Biological sciences

Email
ssgtset@brighton.ac.uk

Location
Watts 418

Availability
Monday-Friday by appointment

Justine Devenny

Justine Devenney

Course area
Town Planning

Email
ssgtsoad@brighton.ac.uk

Location
3rd Floor Mithras. L4 BA Architecture Area

Availability
Monday-Friday by appointment

School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering

Stuart Tipping

Stuart Tipping

Course areas
Computing and Games, Engineering (non Civil), Mathematics

Email
ssgtcem@brighton.ac.uk

Location
Watts 419a

Availability
Monday–Friday by appointment

Justine Devenny

Justine Devenney

Course areas
Architecture, Design

Email
ssgtsoad@brighton.ac.uk

Location
3rd Floor Mithras. L4 BA Architecture Area

Availability
Monday-Friday by appointment

Roy Gilfillian

Roy Gilfillian

Course areas
Built Environment, Civil Engineering

Email
ssgtset@brighton.ac.uk

Location
Watts 418

Availability
Monday-Friday by appointment

School of Art and Media (Moulsecoomb and Edward Street)

Claire Young

Claire Young

Course areas
Media, Sound and Music, Photography, Visual Communication, Film

Email
ssgtmedia@brighton.ac.uk

Location
Watts 610

Availability
Monday-Thursday by appointment

Rachael Edwards

Rachael Edwards

Course areas
Media, Sound and Music, Photography, Visual Communication, Film

Email
ssgtmedia@brighton.ac.uk

Location
Grand Parade Room GP354

Availability
Monday-Friday by appointment

School of Art and Media (City campus)

Rachael Edwards

Rachael Edwards

Course areas
Fashion, Textiles and 3D Design, Fine Art, Graphic design and Illustration

Email
ssgtart@brighton.ac.uk

Location
Grand Parade Room GP354

Availability
Monday-Friday by appointment

Steve Ager

Steve Ager

Course areas
Fashion, Textiles and 3D Design, Fine Art, Graphic design and Illustration

Email
ssgtart@brighton.ac.uk

Location
Grand Parade Room GP354

Availability
Monday-Friday by appointment

School of Business and Law

Stuart Bullen

Stuart Bullen

Email
ssgtbbs@brighton.ac.uk

Location
3rd Floor Professional Services Area, Elm House, Moulsecoomb

Availability
Monday-Friday by appointment

School of Education

Steve Ager

Steve Ager

Email
ssgteducation@brighton.ac.uk

Location
Checkland B327

Availability
Monday-Tuesday by appointment

Becky Goldsmith-Pollack

Becky Goldsmith-Pollack

Email
ssgteducation@brighton.ac.uk

Location
Checkland B327

Availability
Wednesday-Friday by appointment

School of Humanities and Social Science (Falmer)

Ant Ryan

Ant Ryan

Courses areas
Literature, Language

Email
ssgthumanitiesFalmer@brighton.ac.uk

Location
Checkland D330

Availability
Monday-Friday by appointment

Reanna Fines

Reanna Fines

Course areas
Counselling & Psychotherapy, Criminology, Psychology, Social Work, Social Science

Email
ssgtsass@brighton.ac.uk

Location
228 Watson Building

Availability
Wednesday-Friday by appointment

Jenny Vouilloz

Jenny Vouilloz

Course areas
Counselling & Psychotherapy, Criminology, Psychology, Social Work, Social Science

Email
ssgtsass@brighton.ac.uk

Location
228 Watson Building

Availability
Monday-Thursday by appointment

School of Humanities and Social Science (City campus)

Helen Suffolk

Helen Suffolk

Course areas
Humanities, History of Art and Design, Politics

Email
ssgthumspp@brighton.ac.uk

Location
Pavilion Parade B7

Availability
Monday-Thursday by appointment

School of Sport and Health Sciences (Eastbourne)

Heather Duff

Heather Duff

Course areas
Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Radiography, Midwifery

Email
ssgtshseastbourne@brighton.ac.uk

Location
Robert Dodd building, RD146

Availability
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday by appointment

Rob Marriott

Rob Marriott

Course areas
Nutrition, Sport and Exercise, Teacher Training (Sport)

Email
ssgtsasm@brighton.ac.uk

Location
Hillbrow G38

Availability
Monday-Friday by appointment

School of Sport and Health Sciences (Falmer)

Katie Roberts

Katie Rivers

Course areas
Nursing Sciences, Paramedic, Public Health, Community Nursing, Acute Care

Email
ssgtshsfalmer@brighton.ac.uk

Location
Westlain House 371

Availability
Monday-Thursday by appointment

Brighton and Sussex Medical School 

BSMS has a student support team made up of Student Welfare Advisers (rather than SSGTs) and a Student Support Coordinator.

The team are available Monday to Friday 9am–5pm.

Please contact the team via studentsupport@bsms.ac.uk to book an appointment or if you need support with anything that is impacting your studies.

The Student Support Team are:

  • Tabitha Ellwood, Student Welfare Adviser
  • Helen Quin, Student Welfare Adviser
  • Tania Vaughan, Student Welfare Adviser
  • Jon Mason, Student Welfare Adviser
  • Jess Daniels, Student Support Coordinator

Please email studentsupport@bsms.ac.uk to contact the team.