Hi! I’m Daisy, a first year AMES/MML student, and I’m one of your welfare officers! My role on the JCR is to be a friendly face, offering support, advice and general information along with activities in Medwards to support student mental, physical and sexual well-being, along with any queries or concerns about general student life.
Hi! I’m Connie, a first year History and Spanish student, and I’m one of your welfare officers! I am a friendly and easily accessible point of contact in Medwards for advice, support and information about mental, physical and emotional health.
It is the Welfare and Academic Affairs Officer’s job to look after your personal and academic welfare within college. The Welfare Officer’s tasks are to ensure personal safety of students include giving out information regarding cycling safety, presenting the safety talk during Freshers’ Week, and the distribution of attack alarms. The Welfare Officer is also concerned with the mental and sexual health of students. Distribution of condoms, pregnancy tests and chlamydia tests falls under this domain, as do the regular Welfare Teas, which allow students to sit down, chill and let off some steam.
Freshers’ Week is a big part of student life, and it is the Welfare Officer who coordinates the Mother-Daughter scheme and helps out along with other members of MECSU to make sure the week runs smoothly.
The Welfare Officer is here to listen to you, and although not a trained counsellor, can listen, provide non-judgmental and confidential advice and put you in touch with the appropriate trained professionals. The Welfare Officer is supported by the Welfare Committee, whose profiles are on the Welfare Committee page.
The Academic Affairs Officer deals with the academic welfare of students. The Officer is responsible for coordinating subject reps, who provide support and information to others in college studying her subject. The Academic Affairs Officer deals with any problems with supervisors or tutors one may encounter, and sits on Liaison Committee within college to make sure that the students’ academic views are represented. The Academic Affairs Officer is responsible for keeping the fiction library in the JCR up-to-date, and also is in contact with CUSU to ensure academic information filters through to students in Murray Edwards.
Freshers’ Week is a big part of student life, and it is the Welfare Officer who coordinates the Mother-Daughter scheme and helps out along with other members of MECSU to make sure the week runs smoothly.
The Welfare Officer is here to listen to you, and although not a trained counsellor, can listen, provide non-judgmental and confidential advice and put you in touch with the appropriate trained professionals. The Welfare Officer is supported by the Welfare Committee, whose profiles are on the Welfare Committee page.
The Academic Affairs Officer deals with the academic welfare of students. The Officer is responsible for coordinating subject reps, who provide support and information to others in college studying her subject. The Academic Affairs Officer deals with any problems with supervisors or tutors one may encounter, and sits on Liaison Committee within college to make sure that the students’ academic views are represented. The Academic Affairs Officer is responsible for keeping the fiction library in the JCR up-to-date, and also is in contact with CUSU to ensure academic information filters through to students in Murray Edwards.
THE COLLEGE NURSE
Surgery Hours can be found here: http://www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/students/healthandwelfare/collegenu
[email protected]
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THE COLLEGE COUNSELLOR
The College Counsellor is Ms Elrika Erasmus.
Elrika is an integrative therapist, and has had training in a variety of modalities ranging from psycho dynamic to CBT, and approaches each client as an individual and will adopt the process as necessary. Clients will be seen for one-off sessions, or up to 6 sessions, depending on their specific need.
Elrika can be contacted by e-mailing [email protected].
The College Counsellor is Ms Elrika Erasmus.
Elrika is an integrative therapist, and has had training in a variety of modalities ranging from psycho dynamic to CBT, and approaches each client as an individual and will adopt the process as necessary. Clients will be seen for one-off sessions, or up to 6 sessions, depending on their specific need.
Elrika can be contacted by e-mailing [email protected].
THE GATEWAY PROGRAMME
The Gateway Programme is a college run scheme which offers opportunities to prospective and current students.
If you want to take a gap year:
Let the college know what you plan to do and apply for funding for your adventures!
If you are a current student:
The college runs some sessions on essential skills for life in Cambridge such as essay writing technique, evaluating resources, searching for evidence effectively and time management…pretty useful stuff!
They also organise alumni events so you can start finding out from people in the industry how their career progressed and find out about internships and work-placements which are exclusive to college. Often combined with a slice of Fitzbillies cake these are fun events to get you thinking about what you might like to do when you step outside of Murray Edwards.
Last but not least, college realises that often financial pressures hinder us exploring, travelling and learning and so they have set aside some money for you to do those cultural trips and unpaid work experience placements you have always wanted to do.
Check out the website for more details on the Gateway Programme
http://www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/aboutthecollege/gateway/
If you want to take a gap year:
Let the college know what you plan to do and apply for funding for your adventures!
If you are a current student:
The college runs some sessions on essential skills for life in Cambridge such as essay writing technique, evaluating resources, searching for evidence effectively and time management…pretty useful stuff!
They also organise alumni events so you can start finding out from people in the industry how their career progressed and find out about internships and work-placements which are exclusive to college. Often combined with a slice of Fitzbillies cake these are fun events to get you thinking about what you might like to do when you step outside of Murray Edwards.
Last but not least, college realises that often financial pressures hinder us exploring, travelling and learning and so they have set aside some money for you to do those cultural trips and unpaid work experience placements you have always wanted to do.
Check out the website for more details on the Gateway Programme
http://www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/aboutthecollege/gateway/