Services to staff

Student Counselling’s professional staff assist staff in an advisory, advocacy and research capacity.

We provide the following assistance to academic staff:

With the early identification of students at risk of failure or drop-out and the planning of appropriate interventions to aid their retention and academic success
With students who present with personal, adjustment, social, welfare, or study related problems which negatively impact on their academic performance and –progress
With students who present as a psychiatric emergency (e.g. are suicidal, or homicidal, or are experiencing a psychotic episode)
Crisis intervention or trauma debriefing to students who’ve experienced a crisis, or have been exposed to a traumatic event
Life- and career preparedness skills development through the facilitation of training workshops
Joint research initiatives
With financially needy students in urgent need of a temporary food supply
With appeals against academic exclusions (where appropriate and based on merit)
With the rehabilitation of students referred to us via disciplinary hearings, where appropriate

The following assistance is provided to staff at student residences

With residence students who present with personal, social, welfare, or study related problems which negatively impact on their academic performance and –progress
With appeals against exclusions from residence (where appropriate and based on merit)
Crisis intervention or trauma debriefing to students who’ve experienced a crisis, or have been exposed to a traumatic event

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We are a university in Cape Town, South Africa and the only university of technology in the Western Cape province.
We are also the largest university in the province.

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