How we can help
The Health and Wellbeing team provide a range of free and confidential services to help with practical, emotional, or mental health-related issues that are affecting your life at University Centre Leeds.
For information about safeguarding and reporting visit our Safeguarding & Reporting page.
Health and Wellbeing Support
One-to-one Health and Wellbeing support is available to all students once they have enrolled.
Depending on your needs, we will offer you:
- Wellbeing advice: Practical and personal support with any aspect of student life, from healthy eating to homesickness.
- Mental health support: Tailored support for long-standing mental health difficulties.
- Short-term counselling: Confidential, emotional support to explore difficult situations or feelings.
FAQs
Health and Wellbeing support can help with any practical, emotional, or mental-health-related issues that are affecting your life at University Centre Leeds.
These may include, but are not limited to:
- Mental health difficulties such as depression, anxiety, stress, and low self-esteem
- Issues with self-harm, disordered eating, and substance use
- Adjustment and transition issues
- Relationship and interpersonal issues
- Family or personal difficulties
- Bereavement
- Academic-related stress and/or performance anxiety
- Difficulties with time-management, organisation, and motivation
- Questions around identity
- Sleep difficulties and other health concerns
- The impact of neurodiversity on mental health
Whatever is stopping you from living your best student life, we are here to help.
All University Centre Leeds students can access one-to-one Health and Wellbeing support once they have enrolled. We are open to everybody and welcome students of any age, class, ethnicity, faith, belief, culture, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.
Students who have previously accessed support are welcome to re-refer at any time during their studies.
To access support, students need to complete a short online referral form. This can be found on our intranet once students have enrolled.
No. We aim to see students as soon as possible after receiving their referral form. Usually, this is within a few working days.
No. Our service is strictly non-urgent and our team is available during office hours only.
If you need immediate support, or help outside of our normal opening hours, please follow this link to our out-of-hours support and crisis services information.
If you have a long-term mental health condition, the Disability Support Team could offer you some extra help.
They can help you form long-term support strategies, which may include permanent adjustments to Teaching & Learning and Assessments. For more information, click here.
Contact us
If you are a current or prospective student, please don’t hesitate to contact us at: healthandwellbeing@ucleeds.ac.uk
