Student Support and Guidance Tutors

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

You can find SSGT contact details below. Please get in touch and we will be happy to engage in-person, by Teams, email or phone; whichever you find most convenient.

Self-help

A range of self-help resources, including Togetherall, are also available.

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.

• School of Applied Sciences
• School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering
• School of Art and Media
• School of Business and Law
• School of Education
• School of Humanities and Social Science
• School of Sport and Health Sciences (Eastbourne)
• School of Sport and Health Sciences (Falmer)
• Brighton and Sussex Medical School 

School of Applied Sciences

School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering

School of Art and Media

School of Business and Law

School of Education

School of Humanities and Social Science

School of Sport and Health Sciences (Eastbourne)

School of Sport and Health Sciences (Falmer)

Brighton and Sussex Medical School 

BSMS has a Student Advice Team made up of Student Advisers (rather than SSGTs) and two Student Advice Coordinators.

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

Contact the team at studentadvice@bsms.ac.uk to book an appointment (in person, on the phone or on MS Teams video), or if you need support with anything that is impacting your studies.

The Student Support Team are:

• Helen Quin, Student Adviser
• Jess Daniels, Student Adviser / Projects Officer
• Jon Mason, Student Adviser
• Lizzy Pennock, Student Adviser
• Marie-Claire Maude, Student Advice Co-ordinator
• Paul Vigg, Student Advice Co-ordinator
• Sarah Hobson, Student Adviser
• Tabitha Ellwood, Student Adviser
• Tania Vaughan, Student Adviser.

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