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 their 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 other stress-related issues
  • mitigating circumstances, 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

 Please select your school's heading for the correct contact details.

Contact details 

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

Normal office hours are Monday–Thursday 9.00–17.00 and Friday 9.00–16.30.

Please select your school for contact details of your SSGT.

 

SSGT poster

Architecture and Design 

Justine Devenney

Room: 3rd Floor Mithras. L4 BA Architecture Area

Availability

Monday–Friday by appointment: Email ssgtsoad@brighton.ac.uk.

 

Justine Devenney

Art (City campus) 

Rachael Edwards and Steve Ager

Location: Grand Parade Room GP354

Availability

Monday–Friday by appointment. Email ssgtart@brighton.ac.uk.

 

Rachael Edwards and Steve Ager

Rachael Edwards and Steve Ager

Media (Watts) 

Claire Young

Location: Watts 610

Availability

Monday–Thursday by appointment: Email ssgtmedia@brighton.ac.uk.

 

Claire Young

Media (Edward Street) 

Rachael Edwards and Claire Young

Location: Edward Street G04

Availability

Monday, Tuesday and Friday by appointment: Email ssgtmedia@brighton.ac.uk.

 

Rachel Edwards and Claire Young

Rachael Edwards and Claire Young

Business School

Stuart Bullen

Location: Mithras 139

Availability

Monday-Friday by appointment: Email ssgtbbs@brighton.ac.uk.

 

Stuart Bullen

Humanities (Falmer)

Ant Ryan

Location: Checkland D330

Availability

Monday-Friday by appointment: Email ssgthumanitiesfalmer@brighton.ac.uk.

 

Ant Ryan

Humanities (City campus) 

Helen Suffolk and Jenny Vouilloz

Location: Pavilion Parade B7

Availability

Monday-Friday by appointment: Email ssgthumspp@brighton.ac.uk.

 

Helen Suffolk and Jenny VouillozHelen Suffolk and Jenny Vouilloz

School of Applied Social Science 

Jenny Vouilloz and Reanna Fines

Location: 228 Watson Building

Availability

Jenny - Monday–Wednesdays
Reanna - Wednesday to Friday
by appointment: Email ssgtsass@brighton.ac.uk.

 

 

Jenny Vouilloz and Reanna FinesJenny Vouilloz and Reanna Fines

School of Computing Engineering and Mathematics

Stuart Tipping

Location: Watts 419a

Availability

Monday-Friday by appointment: Email ssgtcem@brighton.ac.uk.

 

Stuart Tipping

School of Education 

Steve Ager and Judith Shard

Location: Checkland B112

Availability

Monday–Friday by appointment: Email ssgteducation@brighton.ac.uk.

 

Steve Ager and Judith Shard

Steve Ager and Judith Shard

School of Environment and Technology

Roy Gilfillian

Availability

Monday–Friday by appointment: Email ssgtset@brighton.ac.uk.

Roy Gilfillian

School of Health Sciences (Falmer) 

Katie Roberts

Location: 371 Westlain House

Availability

Monday–Friday by appointment: Email ssgtshsfalmer@brighton.ac.uk.

 

Katie Roberts

School of Health Sciences (Eastbourne) 

Heather Duff

Location: Robert Dodd building, R136

Availability

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday by appointment: Email ssgtshseastbourne@brighton.ac.uk.

 

Heather Duff

School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences 

Ruth Muinde

Location: Huxley 605

Availability

Monday-Thursday by appointment: Email ssgtpabs@brighton.ac.uk.

 

Ruth Muinde

School of Sport and Service Management 

Rob Marriott

Location: Hillbrow G38

Availability

Monday–Friday by appointment: Email ssgtsasm@brighton.ac.uk.

 

Rob Marriott

Brighton and Sussex Medical School 

BSMS has a student support team, and as such does not have SSGTs. Find out more about student support available for BSMS students.

Call or email the team at studentsupport@bsms.ac.uk for an appointment.

Tabitha Ellwood, Student Welfare Adviser

Monday and Tuesday via the team email
Wednesday–Friday 9.30am–3pm: 01273 641544

Jon Mason, Student Welfare Adviser

Wednesday 9am–5pm: 01273 523340 or via the team email

Helen Quin, Student Welfare Adviser

Monday–Tuesday: 01273 641544 or via the team email
Wednesday via the team email

Tania Vaughan, Student Welfare Adviser

Wednesday 8.30am–5pm via the team email
Thursday-Friday: 01273 523340 or via the team email

Sue Johnson, Student Support

Tuesday–Thursday: 01237 643278

Jess Daniels, Student Support Coordinator

Monday-Friday via the team email

Zoe Gallagher, Student Support and Student Experience Coordinator

Tuesday–Friday via the team email