Study support
Student Services gives King’s students access to support, advice and guidance. This includes counselling, sport and wellbeing, an NHS Health Centre, Disability Advisory Service and Student Advice Service, as well as coordinate support in residences and alongside KCLSU.
In addition to study resources, we offer a variety of facilities and services to help support you in your studies and enable you to make the most of your time at King’s.
Support The Student Advice Service provides free and confidential advice to all. The team’s expertise includes:
• entry clearance applications • finance and part-time employment • housing rights • immigration matters • legal issues • money management • student parents’ funding and childcare information
• welfare benefits.
Visit our student support webpages www.kcl.ac.uk/advice
Counselling The Student Counselling Service offers a confidential service to help you cope with any problems or difficulties related to your studies or of a personal or emotional nature. Please visit our Counselling Service webpages at www.kcl.ac.uk/counselling
Disability Advisory Service There is a wide range of support available for disabled students, including those with long-term medical or mental health conditions or Specific Learning Difficulties such as dyslexia. Please disclose any condition which may impact on your engagement with your course so we can discuss potential support at the earliest opportunity.
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We also provide information, advice and guidance on the various forms of support and the disability funding available, for home and international students. All enquiries are dealt with sensitively and in confidence. For further information call the main office on +44 (0)20 7848 7018 or visit www.kcl.ac.uk/disability
‘Major thanks to the KCL disabilities office, staff & tutors for all the help they’ve given me. Seriously life changing.’ @liveviamusic
Computing facilities
Library services
• Access to software and subject-specific
Located at each of the main campuses, Library Services provide:
• Global Desktop: integrate with your
• 24/7 open hours during exam periods • access to Senate House Library
learning resources.
campus desktop in student computing rooms or access your personal online desktop from anywhere with an internet connection.
• Laptop loans service
and computer rooms.
Health Centre
offer guidance and basic IT help
• Wireless network and broadband
access in halls and university-wide.
Language Resources Centre This unique study environment is available to any King’s student involved in language learning. Among other services you will have access to foreign media in print and online, quiet working spaces, and one to one speaking practice sessions with native speakers. For more information visit www.kcl.ac.uk/mlc/lrc
King’s has had strong Church of England traditions since its foundation. The Dean’s Office and University Chaplaincy are part of the pastoral provision and are available to students of all beliefs and backgrounds. For more information visit the webpages at www.kcl.ac.uk/chaplaincy. King’s has chapels and quiet rooms, which are open to everyone for private prayers and reflection. A full-time Anglican Chaplain heads the University Chaplaincy, which includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Free Church Chaplains. Men’s and women’s prayer rooms are available at all sites for Muslims. The Rabbi to Jewish students in London works as an associate of the Chaplaincy.
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inter-library and inter-site loans
Learning support
King’s English Language Centre offers support to native English speakers or those with near-native proficiency who want more academic skills training, such as using sources effectively, presentation skills and writing critically www.kcl.ac.uk/elc
Pastoral care
• lending, self-service, reference services, www.kcl.ac.uk/library
English support and study skills
Other NHS services (including dental services) and self-management information can be found at www.nhs.uk
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• enquiry desk staff available to
lectures recorded by your tutors.
For more details on the NHS service within the university visit www.kingscollegenhshealthcentre.com
• individual and group study spaces • information specialists for subject specific enquiries
• Lecture capture: download
King’s has a comprehensive NHS Student Health Centre at the Strand Campus. In order to register with the Health Centre you need to be a student or staff member at King’s and living within the catchment area. It is strongly recommended that all staff and students register with an NHS GP on arrival in London.
and other universities within the M25 consortium
Study support
Wellbeing
Wellbeing
Student support centres The Compass student support centres are sited at Strand, Waterloo, Guy’s and Denmark Hill Campuses. This is your first port of call when seeking advice on anything from enquiries about living and learning experiences to student status letters and replacement ID cards. Compass Online provides 24/7 remote access to frequently asked questions. The team host drop-in sessions with support teams and where necessary will refer you to more specialised staff. For more information and contact details, visit www.kcl.ac.uk/thecompass
Access to vast multidisciplinary and multicampus information resources including:
• archives, special collections, journals • manuscripts • maps • multimedia resources • music scores • reference tools • software and services including web tutorials for industry
• statistical data.
On- and off- campus access to electronic resources including:
• bibliographic and full text databases • ebooks • ejournals • library catalogues • subject gateways.
www.kcl.ac.uk/prospectus
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