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Staying well as a student is not just about keeping physically healthy but also about maintaining good mental health. Everybody gets stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed sometimes and there are a variety of sources of support available at Oxford from the GCR, the College and the University. We are all here to help you and we welcome the opportunity to talk with you, however big or small you feel your problem may be.
Please find information about Health and Welfare at St Antony’s College here.
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University and community resources to support with mental health
The University has a professionally staffed confidential Student Counselling Service for assistance with personal, emotional, social and academic problems. The Service is available free to all matriculated students. It can take a while to get an appointment; if you have an urgent need to speak with a counsellor, please contact the Head of the Academic Office at head.academic@sant.ox.ac.uk.
The Counselling Service website has excellent resources for students experiencing difficulties as well as for those supporting other students.
Website: University Counselling Service
Telephone: 01865 270300
Address: 3 Worcester Street, Oxford, OX1 2BX
Opening hours: During term (Weeks 0-9) reception is open 09:00-17:00, Monday-Friday. For pre-arranged appointments the Service remains open until 20:00, Monday-Thursday.
St Antony’s is committed to equal opportunities and to providing an environment in which all senior members, employees, contractors and students are treated with dignity and respect, and in which they can work and study free from any type of discrimination, harassment, or victimisation. If you feel that you have been/are being harassed or bullied and that this has arisen solely in the College environment or by another member of the College, please start by reading the College’s Code of Practice on Harassment, available here. You can find information about contacting University Harassment Advisors here.
The College Harassment Advisors are Aym Maidment, Thea Teasdale, and Priya Devi. You are welcome to talk to them in confidence about what you are experience. It’s really important to know that a conversation with a Harassment Advisor does not automatically start a formal complaint, and that the role of the Advisor is to listen and offer you options, so you can make an informed choice about what you would like to do next.
If the harassment has arisen outside the College or is by a member of a different College/Department, please refer to the University policy and procedure on harassment.
If a criminal offence has been committed, the College/University Harassment procedures may not be appropriate. These cases will include, but not be limited to, serious assault or threat of serious assault. Further guidance on dealing with cases of sexual assault or sexual violence is available from the University.
OUSU offers a range of services to students, including a Student Advice Service to help provide guidance on the many different support services available to you.
Details: OUSU website
Nightline is a completely independent listening, support and information service run for and by students at Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University. Nightline aims to provide every student in Oxford with the opportunity to talk to someone in confidence. Nightline operates every night between 8pm and 8am from 0th-9th week.
Website: Nightline
Phone: +44 (0)1865 270270
Skype: oxfordnightline
Twitter: @oxfordnightline
Samaritans provides confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide.
Website: Samaritans
Phone: National number – 08457 909090 or Oxford branch – 01865 722122
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Address: Oxford Samaritans, 60 Magdalen Road, Oxford, OX4 1RB (usually open 8am-10pm)
Oxford Student Mental Health Network provides training and workshops and offers an excellent set of links to online resources from its website to support students and those who work with students. The website’s Your Mental Health section has some good links to other organisations.
Website: OSMHN
Email: osmhn@brookes.ac.u
Student Minds is the UK’s student mental health charity. They say: ‘we believe that peer interventions can change the state of student mental health. We deliver research-driven training and support to equip students to bring about positive change on their campuses through campaigning and facilitating peer support programmes.’
Website: Student Minds
Twitter: @StudentMindsOrg