Student Support and Guidance Tutors

Our Student Support and Guidance Tutors (SSGTs) are dedicated to supporting any issues which may be affecting your wellbeing whilst at the university.

Each academic school has at least one SSGT. They are a great source of information and advice on issues that might be impacting your studies and personal life.

SSGTs are available for all students, including those who are undertaking postgraduate study. New students will be introduced to their SSGT in the first few weeks with us.

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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How SSGTs can help

SSGTs are part of the Student Services department 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.

SSGTs often work closely with your Personal Academic Tutor. 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.

SSGTs can help to advise on issues such as:

homesickness / loneliness
problems with accommodation
problems with adapting to study – particularly for mature students
difficulties with your course / wanting to intermit or change course
stress-related issues
mitigating circumstances, applications and processes
bullying and harassment.

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: 3^rd Floor Mithras. L4 BA Architecture Area

Meet your SSGT

Availability

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

Art (City campus)

Rachael Edwards and Steve Ager

Location: Grand Parade Room GP354

Meet your SSGTs

Availability

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

Rachael Edwards and Steve Ager

Media (Watts)

Claire Young

Location: Watts 610

Meet your SSGT

Availability

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

Media (Edward Street)

Rachael Edwards and Claire Young

Location: Edward Street G04

Meet your SSGTs

Availability

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

Rachael Edwards and Claire Young

Business School

Stuart Bullen

Location: Mithras 139

Meet your SSGT

Availability

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

Humanities (Falmer)

Ant Ryan

Location: Checkland D330

Meet your SSGT

Availability

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

Humanities (City campus)

Helen Suffolk and Jenny Vouilloz

Location: Pavilion Parade B7

Meet your SSGTs

Availability

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

Helen Suffolk and Jenny Vouilloz

School of Applied Social Science

Jenny Vouilloz and Reanna Fines

Location: 228 Watson Building

Meet your SSGTs

Availability

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

Jenny Vouilloz and Reanna Fines

School of Computing Engineering and Mathematics

Stuart Tipping

Location: Watts 419a

Meet your SSGT

Availability

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

School of Education

Steve Ager and Judith Shard

Location: Checkland B112

Meet your SSGTs

Availability

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

Steve Ager and Judith Shard

School of Environment and Technology

Roy Gilfillian

Availability

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

School of Health Sciences (Falmer)

Katie Roberts

Location: 371 Westlain House

Meet your SSGT

Availability

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

School of Health Sciences (Eastbourne)

Heather Duff

Location: Robert Dodd building, R136

Meet your SSGT

Availability

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

School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences

Ruth Muinde

Location: Huxley 605

Meet your SSGT

Availability

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

School of Sport and Service Management

Rob Marriott

Location: Hillbrow G38

Meet your SSGT

Availability

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

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: 01273 877688
Tuesday–Friday: 01273 641544

Jon Mason, Student Welfare Adviser

Monday: 01273 641544
Thursday: 01273 523340
Mobile: 07393 798 474

Helen Quin, Student Welfare Adviser

Monday–Wednesday

Tania Vaughan, Student Welfare Adviser

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 01273 523340

Sue Johnson, Student Support

Tuesday–Thursday: 01237 643278

Zoe Gallagher, Student Support and Student Experience Coordinator

Tuesday–Friday: 01273 643277