Monday 03-10-2022 - 09:49

The Union’s Advice Centre is unique and one of the biggest across students’ unions.

 

 

It’s a place where you’ll find experienced, trained staff offering specialist, student-centred advice. It's also free and totally independent.

There’re loads of things that Advice can help you out with (that goes for both new and returning students), including:

 

+ Student funding

+ Tuition fees

+ Budgeting

+ Welfare benefits

+ Money problems

+ Housing advice

+ Checking tenancy agreements

+ Council tax

+ Academic issues

+ Health costs

 

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Last academic year, the centre had another amazing year supporting students at Manchester Met:

 

+ Advice helped 2,175 students (so far) with 8442 academic, finance and housing issues since September 2021

+ The Advice Centre achieved £258,224 back for students since September 2021. This was reached by correcting errors with student finance decisions, appealing student finance verdicts, and supporting university hardship fund applications

+ The team were also been involved in helping 1,258 academic cases including supporting students with exceptional factors claims, plagiarism and disciplinary panels

 

Visit the Advice page for information on appointment bookings and opening times.

 

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The Union is also a hate crime reporting centre, and is committed to providing a safe, welcoming, and supportive campus environment. We’re here to support you if you’ve been affected by a hate crime or discrimination.

Again, you can report incidents through Advice Centre, and they can help navigate all your options. For more in-depth information, check out the page.