Supporting staff and students impacted by international conflict

Staff at St George’s have been working to identify and support those affected by international conflict, and we encourage you to contact the Student Life Centre, Personal Tutors, programme teams, or the Counselling Service, if you need to talk to someone or seek help.  

You can also use the following channels of support, should you need them: 

• If you need extensions or adjustments to assessments, exams, or placements due to unpredicted difficulties impacting your assessment performance, you can complete a mitigating circumstances form (Word). You can find further guidance here (PDF) or seek further advice by emailing your programme team.
• The Students’ Union offers confidential, flexible support for a range of academic and personal issues. Find out more about their Education and Welfare support service.
• Find out about spiritual support at St George’s.
• St George's offers an online support service called Togetherall that students can use at any time of the day or night. Find out more and register for a free account using your university email address.
• Our Access to Learning fund allows students impacted by circumstances beyond their control to seek financial support.
• The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team is also happy to listen to your views and concerns.

• Staff are encouraged to speak to their line manager if they need to seek support.
• Our Counselling Service is available to staff.  Register for counselling or email counselling@sgul.ac.uk if you have any questions for the team. 
• The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) (PDF) is available to staff, free of charge. This is a 24/7 service provided by Confidential Care, offering advice on a variety of topics as well as counselling and emotional support.
• We offer spiritual support to staff and students.  

We are also arranging training for front-line staff so they may be better prepared to support students impacted by international conflict.

There are several University staff, including Personal Tutors and Students' Union representatives, who can provide informal, confidential support, as well as formal complaint procedures. Students can confidentially report incidences of bullying, harassment, or discrimination via our student concerns and complaints procedure.

The following organisations have provided guidance on reporting discrimination: 

• Tell Mama - a free, confidential support service for those experiencing anti-Muslim hate, discrimination and racism across the UK.
• The Community Security Trust (CST) has published resources, including guidance on how to communicate about Israel in a non-antisemitic way.
• You report hate crimes to the Police online. 

Staff can find information about how to report incidents of bullying, harassment or discrimination, including details of our Dignity at Work Policy and staff to approach to informally discuss concerns, on these pages.

The following organisations have provided guidance on reporting discrimination: 

• Tell Mama - a free, confidential support service for those experiencing anti-Muslim hate, discrimination and racism across the UK.
• The Community Security Trust (CST) has published resources, including guidance on how to communicate about Israel in a non-antisemitic way.
• You report hate crimes to the Police online.