Just to let you know, we are here to help

Published: 11/10/2022

We want you to make the most of your NTU experience. That means treating you as an individual and providing tailored support – whether it’s physical, emotional, spiritual, financial, or academic.

We’re committed to getting you the right help from the right people and ensuring that all of our students have the same opportunities to succeed.

Financial support

Black Bullion pop-up stands

Here’s some great news that you may not know:

We’re partnered with Blackbullion, the financial wellbeing platform for students. You can sign up to the platform for free. You can sign up to the platform for free. Blackbullion is on a mission to make the world money smart.

The platform is full of practical financial education and additional sources of funding to help you:

• develop your money skills and confidence.
• maximise your opportunities.
• start growing your financial wellbeing.

This week, NTU Student Financial Support will be at all of our campuses to promote Blackbullion and talk to you about the financial support available to you.

See the schedule below to come along and say hi!

• Tuesday 11 October, 10 am - 2 pm, Boots Library, City Campus
• Wednesday 12 October, 10 am - 2pm, Clifton Library, Clifton Campus
• Thursday 13 October, 10 am - 2 pm, Lyth Building, Brackenhurst Campus

We hope you’ll find the Blackbullion platform useful for improving your financial wellbeing.

Health and wellbeing

Eat, Breathe, Thrive course

This seven week course will help you to learn essential coping skills for mental health, body image and eating habits. Starting on Wednesday 26 October.

Mindfulness courses

From everyday activities, such as walking whilst paying attention to what’s around you to formal meditation practice, mindfulness comes in many shapes and sizes. Mindfulness has been proven to give you skills and insights into the way you think about the things that worry you and cause you stress. It has been proven to help you respond more calmly and skilfully to challenging situations. We are offering a four week course, with the option to carry on for a further 4 weeks. The course starts on Monday 17 October.

Healthy relationships workshops

We're working with our NHS partners to bring you these workshops on campus. The workshop will cover everything you need to know about healthy relationships, including sexual health, sexual health testing, access to services and other aspects of being in a healthy relationships.

• Wednesday 2 November, 2 pm - 3.30 pm, City Campus
• Wednesday 23 November, 1 pm - 2.30 pm, Clifton Campus

Student Minds, Look After Your Mates workshops

The workshops covers how to support a student's and a mate's mental health and this is national recognised training.

Safety and Wellbeing Fairs

The Safety and Wellbeing Fairs have been set up to provide students with a chance to learn about all the support services they can access, as well as getting information and advice. The fairs will be supported by both NTU, and Nottinghamshire Health & Safety Services.

• Monday 24 October, 10 am - 2 pm, Newton Building, City Campus
• Tuesday 25 October, 10 am - 2 pm, Pavillion, Clifton Campus
• Wednesday 26 October, 10 am - 2 pm, Lyth Building, Brackenhurst Campus

Please come along and meet the services, ask questions, get involved in activities and pick up freebies. The fairs are free, and we hope you will be better informed about the great support that is available to you for your health, wellbeing and safety.

New service

Got a question about your support?

Our PATHway advisers offer short confidential chats to help you access the support you need and answer any questions you might have about life at NTU.

Drop-in and speak to us about:

• settling in and making friends at NTU.
• managing your Money.
• your Health and Wellbeing.
• disability.
• are you on the right course for you?
• feeling part of the NTU community.

You can find our friendly drop-in service every week on campus:

Every Monday, 11 am - 1 pm, Newton building, City Campus, 12.30 pm - 2.30 pm, Student Support Centre, Clifton Campus

Every Tuesday, 12.30 pm - 2.30 pm, Student Support Centre, Clifton Campus

Every Wednesday, 11 am - 2.30 pm, Newton building, City Campus