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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Physics DDC team have asked me to pass on the message below.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Regards,</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ben</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Due to our relocation due to the 8<sup>th</sup> floor works we wanted to let you know what arrangements are in place for students
requiring DDC support.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Jacqui has been relocated with the rest of the admin team to JA409 and for the rest of the semester Helen will be in Room JA706,
however both of us will make use of JA706 as a private space to meet with students as required.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We also have to let you know that due to temporary staffing problems at the Disability and Wellbeing Team the DDC responsibilities
have temporarily changed.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In the short-term, especially in the run up to exams:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Students should not be signposted to disability services for low level requests for example printed notes on coloured paper, font size, type of font used etc. </span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">For students who request an assessment with disability services, and there is a delay to the student getting that assessment, DDCs can arrange provisional requirements to be put onto the student record to cover the time it takes
for a student to get their assessment by disability services. </span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Students who come to the department to request assessment or teaching adjustments who have not been assessed by disability services, or they have not yet had provisional requirements entered onto their record, will need discussed
in more detail.</span></li></ul>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The majority of recent cases we have been seeing are workload related and anticipate that staff, especially as PDAs, will be
seeing this too. We therefore thought it would be helpful to provide you with details of some other University services that you can suggest to your students that we would recommend, as well as proving them with reassurance.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/strathlife/academicsupport/" target="_blank" id="OWA088caaaf-9faa-0f85-5af4-dd38cb36d769" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/strathlife/academicsupport/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable">Learner
Development Services</a></span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.strath.ac.uk/media/ps/sees/disabilityservice/Helping_Students_in_Distress_Guide_2023_Digital_Copy.pdf" target="_blank" id="OWA45883909-fdcc-1be6-2962-565b1c6436f6" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.strath.ac.uk/media/ps/sees/disabilityservice/Helping_Students_in_Distress_Guide_2023_Digital_Copy.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-linkindex="1" data-auth="NotApplicable">Helping
Students in Distress Guide</a></span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Another useful tool Helen has found is
<a href="https://goblin.tools/" target="_blank" id="OWA03a1ff03-56fd-4338-fb84-cd2c63b3d2cc" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://goblin.tools/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" originalsrc="https://goblin.tools/" data-linkindex="2" data-auth="NotApplicable">
Goblin Tools</a> which helps break down tasks into smaller more manageable pieces to help students get started more easily.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Segoe UI, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Ms Jacqui Gordon<br>
Room JA409, John Anderson Building<br>
Tel: 0141 548 3369</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Segoe UI, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Dr Helen Vaughan<br>
Room JA706, John Anderson Building<br>
Tel: 0141 548 3309</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Segoe UI, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Email:
</b></span><span style="font-family: Segoe UI, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(68, 114, 196); background-color: white;"><b><a href="mailto:physics-ddc@strath.ac.uk" id="OWA9c89c7b4-dba8-0835-2294-c432185578bc" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:physics-ddc@strath.ac.uk" style="color: rgb(68, 114, 196); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-linkindex="3">physics-ddc@strath.ac.uk</a></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Segoe UI, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><a href="https://www.strath.ac.uk/professionalservices/disabilityandwellbeing/" target="_blank" id="OWA31b38ef3-c453-321f-3948-45a94855e810" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.strath.ac.uk/professionalservices/disabilityandwellbeing/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-linkindex="4" data-auth="NotApplicable">Disability
and Wellbeing Service</a></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Segoe UI, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Further support links for students are listed below.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><u> Support for students</u></b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There are a range of student support services at Strathclyde that are linked to from here:
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"><a href="https://www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/strathlife/" target="_blank" id="OWAddc245d2-38aa-e3cd-6163-d9c7e7eb6b51" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/strathlife/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-linkindex="5" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/strathlife/</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>For students in the UK</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>If you feel that you need help now</b>, please contact your GP or you can call NHS 24 on
<b>111</b>.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>If it is an emergency situation,</b> the following Emergency Services are available in the UK:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Campus Security</b>: Phone
<b>0141 548 2222</b>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Emergency Services (police, ambulance, fire, coastguard)</b>: Phone
<b>999</b>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>NHS 24:
</b>Phone <b>111</b> for Health Information and Self Care Advice.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The<b> Accident & Emergency Service
</b>nearest to the University is the <a href="https://www.nhsggc.scot/hospitals-services/our-hospitals/glasgow-royal-infirmary/" target="_blank" id="OWAf4bc8d37-bf60-8e13-1fce-908453a9ff9c" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://www.nhsggc.scot/hospitals-services/our-hospitals/glasgow-royal-infirmary/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" originalsrc="https://www.nhsggc.scot/hospitals-services/our-hospitals/glasgow-royal-infirmary/" data-linkindex="6" data-auth="NotApplicable">
Glasgow Royal Infirmary</a> in Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0SF.</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you have become homeless or are in urgent need of money in order to buy essentials, for example, food, please contact Campus Security by calling
<b>0141 548 2222.</b></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>If you need to talk to someone,</b> there are some different support options below:</span></p>
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<b><a href="https://www.samaritans.org/?nation=scotland" target="_blank" id="OWA2463adf9-20f4-c565-421e-fea7bbfc8988" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://www.samaritans.org/?nation=scotland. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" originalsrc="https://www.samaritans.org/?nation=scotland" data-linkindex="7" data-auth="NotApplicable">Samaritans</a></b> is
a free, confidential support organisation for anyone struggling with suicidal thoughts. Phone
<b>116 123</b> or email <b><a href="mailto:jo@samaritans.org" id="OWAe486735f-4600-343c-1bd6-29a7ffa11742" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:jo@samaritans.org" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-linkindex="8">jo@samaritans.org</a></b> anytime.</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;">
<b><a href="https://giveusashout.org/" target="_blank" id="OWA0095306a-eb8f-4c5d-66e4-3f9217045a03" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://giveusashout.org/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" originalsrc="https://giveusashout.org/" data-linkindex="9" data-auth="NotApplicable">Shout</a>
</b>is a free, confidential, 24/7 text messaging support service for anyone who is struggling to cope. Text
<b>Shout</b> to 85258 for a reply.</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;">
<b><a href="https://breathingspace.scot/" target="_blank" id="OWA64f2e279-266d-03d8-4962-d6870bc75920" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://breathingspace.scot/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" originalsrc="https://breathingspace.scot/" data-linkindex="10" data-auth="NotApplicable">Breathing
Space</a></b> is a confidential phoneline for anyone in Scotland over the age of 16, feeling low, anxious, or depressed. Phone
<b>0800 83 85 87</b> (All weekend and Monday to Friday 6pm - 2am).</li></ol>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you have experienced sexual violence at any point in your life or know someone who has, and you would
like to talk to someone, the <b><a href="https://www.roseyproject.co.uk/" target="_blank" id="OWA7427b7e0-c18b-23cb-0199-531d845770e6" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://www.roseyproject.co.uk/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" originalsrc="https://www.roseyproject.co.uk/" data-linkindex="11" data-auth="NotApplicable">Rape
Crisis Rosey Project</a></b> can offer you confidential specialist support.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>For students in and outwith the UK</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You can speak to a counsellor anytime of the day or night using
<b>Spectrum Life</b>. They offer both digital and telephone support. You can call them from the
</span><span style="font-family: Alegreya Sans; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white;"><b>UK</b> on<b> 0800 0318227 (free).
</b>If you are <b>overseas</b> you can call them on</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<b>00353 1 518 0277</b> or, if you log onto their platform, you can request a free call back. You can read more about Spectrum Life, and log into the platform, via the University webpage here:
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"><a href="https://www.strath.ac.uk/professionalservices/disabilityandwellbeing/mentalhealthwellbeingsupport/spectrumlife/" target="_blank" id="OWAa79ba090-c19b-d213-bda6-d5af16373746" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.strath.ac.uk/professionalservices/disabilityandwellbeing/mentalhealthwellbeingsupport/spectrumlife/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-linkindex="12" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://www.strath.ac.uk/professionalservices/disabilityandwellbeing/mentalhealthwellbeingsupport/spectrumlife/</a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Additional advice for students not in the UK</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>If you feel you need urgent mental health support</b>, or if it is an emergency, you should contact
your local emergency services for assistance. You should also familiarise yourself with your local health services and seek support for your mental health.</span></p>
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