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The SU advice team are an independent advice service for, current, Edge Hill University students only.Face to face , online (Teams) and Phone appointments are now availableAppointments are limited to 1 person only per appointment until further notice.---------------------------------------------------------We offer advice in the following fields;·         Academic issues- This includes advice and support for the following;o   Academic appealso   EMC’so   Academic Malpractice (Plagiarism/Collusion etc)o   Fitness to practiceo   Fitness to studyo   Withdrawingo   Repeating the yearo   Interrupting studies o   Transferring courseo   Criminal conviction/DBS advice·         Complaints o   Course complaintso   Campus complaintso   Halls complaints·         Disciplinary, we can support students who wish to report disciplinary issues or students who have been accused of breaching the student code of practice, eg;o   Bullying o   Harassmento   Discriminationo   Assaults o   Drug offenceso   Hate Crimeso   Threatening behaviour·         HousingWe offer advice about a range of Private Housing issues such as,o   Disrepairo   Tenancy Depositso   Contracts o   Landlord issueso   Tenant Fee’so   Complaintso   Evictionso   HMO (Houses of Multiple Occupation) Licence laws o   Finding a replacement tenanto   Tenants rights The SU advice team can offer advice and support in all of the above.·         Student Finance Students should contact the university money advice team for advice about student finance and budgeting, Hardship fund and bursaries etc you can find out about the money advice team here https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/studentservices/moneyadvice/ o   However, the SU advice team can offer advice for students whose tuition fee entitlement may have been affected by previous study. We are able to advise how you may be able to apply for extra, discretionary funding We can also attend panel hearings and investigation meetings.  If you would like someone to accompany you to an investigation meeting, a DPM or a Panel hearing; Please be aware that we have a limited staff service at the moment, and appointments are filling up fast, so there is limited availability (so we cannot guarantee availability to attend). Please, also note that an adviser will only be able to attend a panel hearing if; ·         They have seen all relevant documentation at least 5 working days prior to the hearing (this would be); o    The invite(s) to the investigation stage and/or panel hearing. o    Any documentation/report relating to the concerns being investigated. o    Any evidence presented by the university. o    Any statement and evidence the student would want to be considered at the meeting/hearing. ·         The adviser will also require to speak to you after reviewing all of the above and prior to attending any meeting/hearing. Currently, due to the ongoing pandemic, we have a limited staff operating the service and Drop-in and face to face appointments are not available until further notice. Students can book an online (phone appointment via https://www.edgehillsu.org.uk/advice   Or you can send any query to suadvice@edgehill.ac.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Useful resources;Student Finance  *If you require assistance or advice in regard to a student finance claim (or a late payment) you can contact Student Finance regulators here;     SFE    https://www.gov.uk/contact-student-finance-england ·         SFW   https://www.studentfinancewales.co.uk/contact.aspx ·         SFNI  https://www.studentfinanceni.co.uk/contact/general-enquiries/ Or you can contact the university Money Advice team. You can contact them via moneyadvice@edgehill.ac.uk   or Telephone:  01695 657250. There is also further information and a multitude of funding advice resources on their web page here https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/studentservices/moneyadvice/  Benefits advice- o   https://www.turn2us.org.uk/Benefit-guides/Universal-Credit-housing-costs-tenants/Who-can-get-Universal-Credit-housing-costs-element o   https://www.gov.uk/housing-and-universal-credit o   https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators o   https://citizensadvicelancashirewest.org.uk/ Debt advice o   West Lancashire Debt Advice Ormskirk www.westlancashiredebtadvice.org.uk Email  debtadvice@wlda.org.uk 07731 482120   o   Lancashire C.A.B. https://citizensadvicelancashirewest.org.uk/      https://citizensadvicelancashirewest.org.uk/index.php/debt-advice/ o   Skelmersdale CAB https://citizensadvicelancashirewest.org.uk/index.php/skelmersdale/ 0344 245 1294 Specialist Debt Service To make use of this service, drop-in to our Skelmersdale office for a Gateway Assessment or Telephone 0344 245 1294West Lancs Council  Generic debt advice including a list of external debt advice service https://www.westlancs.gov.uk/bills-benefits/help-and-money-advice/dealing-with-debt.aspx o   Other External (Free) Debt agencies National Debt Helpline https://www.nationaldebtline.org/ or call  0333 212 1315 o   Step Change https://www.stepchange.org/  o   Money Advice Debt helpline https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en o   Debt Support Trust https://www.debtsupporttrust.org.uk/ Housing Advice ·         Shelter; https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/private_renting/private_rented_housing_for_studentsother  Addiction Advocate at OKrehab.org, a specialist drug and alcohol treatment provider  https://www.okrehab.org