Student support

Mental health and wellbeing

Our professional health and wellbeing services offer support for your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.

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Disability support

Our Student Inclusion team will be able to work with you to find the support you need for your disability, and liaise with your course team.

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Centre for Academic Success

We're sure that you will want to make the best of every opportunity at Birmingham City University, and we're here to help you.

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Finance

Finance is one of the key issues when deciding to take a higher education course, we offer help and support to help give you a smooth transition.

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Child care

Our Money and Childcare advice team are on hand to offer help and support whatever your child care requirements, whilst you are studying.

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Care leavers

The University has a dedicated package of support for students who come from a background in care – BCU’s five commitments to care leavers.

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VISAS AND IMMIGRATION

If you currently live in your home country you will need to apply for entry clearance before coming to the UK.

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CAREERS+

The Careers+ service aims to help develop and improve the employability of our students and graduates.

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STUDENT MENTORING PROGRAMMES

Our programmes are designed to help students achieve their potential through trusting relationships with professionals.

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Attendance monitoring

We want you to get the most out of your time here at BCU, and good attendance is the first step to succeeding with your studies.

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Student support blog

Our blog offers advice on applying to BCU if you require additional support, tips from our current students and an opportunity to get to know members of our support teams and the services they offer.

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Open Days

BCU Open Days are the perfect opportunity to discover just what we have to offer. Talk to the experts who will be teaching you, chat with current students and tour our state-of-the-art facilities. If you can't wait for one of our Open Day, experience a day in the life as a BCU student through immersive 360-degree tours of our campuses.

Library and learning resources

Library and Learning Resources has four libraries: Curzon, Mary Seacole, School of Art and School of Jewellery. Each of these contains a wealth of printed material to support the course taught at their respective campus. A variety of study space is available.