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Do you like to spread happiness and positivity? Would you like to run fun events for students? Sounds like you would be a great West Suffolk College Wellbeing Champion!
Our wellbeing champions programme is looking for new champions. There are lots of great reasons to join and lots of different roles for everybody. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
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West Suffolk College is very pleased that you have decided to study with us. For Children in Care and Care Leavers we offer a support package to keep you on track.
As a Child in Care or Care Leaver you will be offered a meeting once a term to meet with a welfare officer. These meetings are to:
Overall responsibility for Children in Care and Care Leavers is with Acting Student Welfare Manager, Claire Battey.
Please come to see staff in Student Welfare for support with:
If you are a Child in Care aged 16 to 18 on the 1st of September of the year you start your course, then you will be entitled to funding of £1200 for the academic year.
The award will be paid as fortnightly payments, paid evenly throughout the academic year based on the attendance. The funding can also be put towards:
For Care Leavers aged 19 or over, funding is available for exam fees, travel, equipment, uniform, childcare and lunch vouchers. You can speak to anyone in Student Welfare about available funding.
For Care Leavers aged 19 or over, funding is available for exam fees, travel, equipment, uniform, childcare and lunch vouchers. You can speak to anyone in Student Welfare about available funding.
All students have a personal progress tutor. They will support you through your academic course. They will also be the first point of call for any of your needs on the course.
West Suffolk College recognises the challenges that young people face when they leave the care system and begin to live independently. We recognise that all parts of society have a responsibility to support care leavers so that they can make a successful transition to adulthood. We hereby make a commitment to undertake the following actions that will help improve care leavers’ life chances.
Hedgehog Friendly Campus is an initiative funded by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society. It aims to turn university campuses into habitats where hedgehogs can safely live and thrive. It’s a chance for our community to come together to make real changes for the local wildlife.
We’re delighted to have received Silver Accreditation for Hedgehog Friendly Campus, and we're currently on a mission to become a Silver Accredited Hedgehog Friendly Campus. Follow us on social media and read our latest blogs below to keep up-to-date with what’s been going on and every step we’re taking to make our campus a haven for hedgehogs.
The Hedgehog Friendly Campus initiative aims to highlight the issues faced by UK hedgehogs, and to encourage university staff and students to help them combat these on campuses. The UK hedgehog population declined by up to 50% since the year 2000, with less than a million of them left. As of July 2020, hedgehogs have officially been listed as Vulnerable to Extinction on Britain’s IUCN Red List. This is due to a range of factors, mostly related to human activities and urbanization. They include environmental poisons, road traffic, litter, drowning, and lack of food, water and connected habitat. Seeing as university campuses often cover large areas of land, it’s a great opportunity to turn them into suitable hedgehog habitats.
The Hedgehog Friendly Campus team is open to all staff and students, regardless of department, age, level of knowledge or ability, and is led by our Animal Studies team. The goal is to complete actions from the dedicated best-practice toolkit. Examples include community events such as litter picks, fundraising, hedgehog surveys, and installing hedgehog houses on campus. Completed actions count towards official accreditation: Bronze, Silver (West Suffolk College), and Gold.
To get involved as a member of staff, please speak with the Head of Animal Studies Sarah Eaton. Alternatively, if you’re a student of any course, and would like to get involved, please speak with your learning support tutor in the first instance.
You can also get involved in other ways such as volunteering your time for a local hedgehog rescue such as Suffolk Prickles Hedgehog Rescue, who help nurse and rehabilitate back to the wild sick, injured and orphaned hedgehogs, and on a daily basis volunteers spend time cleaning and medicating hedgehogs. Or it could be that you’ve got lots of newspaper you’d like to donate which helps rescues.
Welcome to the West Suffolk College Library.
The Library is the heart of all resources and information in the college, and the Learning, Knowledge and Library team are here to support you in your research and your learning. Not only will you be able to find loads of information to support you in your course, you will also find resources for relaxation and leisure. From easy reading, young adult and classic novels, from art and graphic design inspiration to manga books, the library has a vast collection for you to explore.
As well as books, we also have a service called Library+. Similar to internet searches, Library+ is a search engine and discovery service where you can find thousands of digital books and journals which have been especially chosen to support you with your learning and research. If you ever want help using Library+, come and see the team at the helpdesk in the Library.
We also have a variety of study spaces, quieter study areas as well as more relaxed seating. Look out for our quizzes, reading challenges, colouring corner and board games.
| Monday | 8.30am - 5.00pm (closed on bank holidays) |
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| Tuesday | 8.30am - 5.00pm |
| Wednesday | 8.30am - 5.00pm |
| Thursday | 8.30am - 5.00pm |
| Friday | 8.30am - 4.30pm |
| Monday | 8.30am - 5.00pm (closed on bank holidays) |
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| Tuesday | 8.30am - 5.00pm |
| Wednesday | 8.30am - 5.00pm |
| Thursday | 8.30am - 5.00pm |
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