Section: Domestic abuse | Student Support

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Planned and Unplanned absence

To report either a planned or unplanned absence from any teaching, please access the form online here or scan this QR code with your phone.

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IN CRISIS SUPPORT

IF YOUR LIFE IS IN DANGER OR IF YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY (INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH) CALL 999

For further support information visit the QMUL Help in Crisis Page

Drop-In Sessions

The SSO holds student drop-in sessions every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30pm-1:30pm

Please either visit office 20, fourth floor of the Dental Hospital or email dental.sso@qmul.ac.uk at the time of the drop-in and a member of the SSO will call you on Teams within the drop-in hour.

Drop-ins are short initial meetings (about 10-15 minutes long) with the Student Support Officer.

The Student Support Drop-In sessions are for students who may not have booked an appointment but feel on the day that they could benefit from speaking to a member of the team.

They are run on a first come, first served basis and can fill up quickly, so please aim to arrive for the start of the session.

A few reasons you might attend drop in:

They can be a quick way to get an answer to a question or to get support
To get further information about our services
To be signposted to a different team
To make initial contact for a longer meeting.

If you cannot make any of the drop-in times, please get in touch as we can make other arrangements for you to speak to us (including phone and video call appointments) outside of these times.

Section outline

Domestic abuse is an incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behaviour, including sexual violence.
Domestic abuse can be financial, emotional, psychological, sexual or physical.
It can be perpetrated by an intimate partner but also by others in the home including parents or parents-in-law, children or siblings.
QMUL Advice and Counselling Domestic Abuse page
- Select activity Women's Aid is a grassroots federation working tog...
  
  Women's Aid is a grassroots federation working together to provide life-saving services and
  build a future where domestic violence is not tolerated.
  w: https://www.womensaid.org.uk/
  
  A couple of years ago, Women's Aid and Cosmopolitan surveyed women about their experiences of abuse. They found that 2/3 of women who said they had not experienced abuse did not recognise red flag behaviours that suggested they had.
- Select activity Galop is the UK’s only specialist LGBT+ anti-viole...
  
  Galop is the UK’s only specialist LGBT+ anti-violence charity.
  They provide advice, support and advocacy to people who have experienced hate crime, domestic abuse and sexual violence.
  Galop is an independent organisation and their services are confidential and free.
  w: Galop - the LGBT+ anti-abuse charity
- Select activity Refuge w: https://www.refuge.org.uk/
  
  Refuge
  w: https://www.refuge.org.uk/
- Select activity NHS Domestic Violence and Abuse pagew: https://www...
  
  NHS Domestic Violence and Abuse page
  w: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/getting-help-for-domestic-violence/
- Select activity Victim SupportW: https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/...
  
  Victim Support
  W: https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/
  W: https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/help-and-support/get-help
- Select activity Oxford University project: Women speak out about e...
  
  Oxford University project: Women speak out about experiences of domestic violence and abuse to help others.
  This project involved recording interviews with many women about their experiences of physical, emotional, sexual and psychological abuse.
  Someone close to me found these very helpful to understand that she was in an abusive relationship.
  w: https://www.phc.ox.ac.uk/news/women-speak-out-about-experiences-of-domestic-violence-and-abuse-to-help-others
- Select activity Bright Sky AppIf you have any doubts about whether...
  
  Bright Sky App
  If you have any doubts about whether you or someone you know are in an abusive relationship please download this app and explore.
  W: https://www.hestia.org/brightsky
- Select activity Karma NirvanaAre you being PRESSURED to get marrie...
  
  Karma Nirvana
  Are you being PRESSURED to get married against your will?
  Do you fear to bring SHAME & dishonour on your family?
  Have you been emotionally manipulated or physically ABUSED?
  Are you being told to get married because of your RELIGION?
  Do you worry about being DISOWNED?
  w: https://karmanirvana.org.uk/help/