University Environment
Many students find the university environment very different to what they’re used to and just doesn’t seem to suit them. It may be that:
- you don’t like the noise and number of people around you in college
- you feel lonely and are finding it difficult to meet people because you’re living in a house in town
- you are finding cooking for yourself for the first time difficult
- it seems that every social activity involves alcohol and you don’t drink
- no one you meet seems interested in the same sorts of things as you
- you keep getting lost trying to find your way around campus
- you’re finding it difficult to settle down to work in the unstructured learning environment
- you don’t understand the lectures
- your first language isn’t English and you are having difficulty understanding what people are saying
- you are having difficulty working your way through the administration that is involved with being a student
so everything just feels too hard and you think you might give up.
Talk it over first
Obviously, who you choose will depend on what your problem is, but some of the people you can talk to are:
English Language & International Services
Tutors
Lecturers
Your Head of Residence or one of the appointed residential leaders in your Residence