JCR

Academic & Welfare


PERSONAL PROFILE:

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 (previously CreativiTea and TGI Friday), which allow students to sit down, chill and let off some steam. We are trialing a daily Coffee Break in the bar over the Easter term - providing Drinks and necessary food supplies to help us pass long hours in the library!

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.



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/



WELFARE PIGEONHOLE: 

Some of you may be wondering what the Welfare Pigeonhole is/how it works.
It's not as complicated as it first seems! For those of you who aren't
aware, the pigeonhole is located in the bottom right-hand corner of the
first group of undergrad pigeonholes. It's labelled 'Welfare Officer'.
Regarding the contents, the first thing to say is that condoms should be
used in EMERGENCIES ONLY. They may be free for students, but the cost comes
out of the Welfare Budget. Please DO NOT take all 10 out of the bag at once
- this is selfish and prevents those who DO need them as an unplanned
one-off from having access to them. Do not misinterpret this, we DO of
course want you to use them; that's what they're there for. If you really
want condoms cheaply, CUSU sells them at reception at £1.80 for 12.
Equally, if you do take 10 all at once feel free to leave some money and a
note in my pidge! Below I will include an updated price list and the link
to the CUSU Welfare website so you can check it all out.

Pregnancy tests are FREE and are also free to obtain from CUSU. This is the
same with chlamydia tests. I can't fit any chlamydia tests in the pidge
along with everything else, but if you want one please PLEASE email me and I
will get it to you.


So here's the list:
 

CONDOMS:
Pasante Regular (12) = £1.80
Pasante Regular (144) = £11.00
Pasante Regular (12x3) = £5.20
Durex Elite (144) = £12.50
Pasante Unique NON LATEX (3) = £1.80
Pasante Trim (12) = £2.00
Pasante Large (12) = £2.00
Femidom (1) = £0.80

OTHER:
Lubricant sachet (each) = £0.15
Dental dam (each) = £0.80
Non-latex dental dams (each) = £1.20
Attack Alarms (each) = £2.00
Pregnancy Tests = FREE
Chlamydia Screening Kits = FREE

This info is also available on the CUSU Welfare Website:
http://www.cusu.cam.ac.uk/services/sexualhealth.html

If anyone wants an Attack Alarm, get in touch. They will be free if you ask
me directly, but if you want to buy one from CUSU they will cost £2. PLEASE
make sure you carry yours with you at all times and be aware of your own
personal safety.

Also, condoms and pregnancy tests are now available in the LAUNDRY ROOM
as well as the Welfare Pigeonhole. They're in purple and pink plastic boxes
by one of the plants and are labelled on top. They've been wrapped with
tissues/paper so as not to offend anyone who may be doing their laundry.
The purpose of this is that those who are embarrassed to ask me/pick up any
contraception/tests from the pidge have more privacy.

Any questions, email jcr-welfare@murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk


 

USEFUL WELFARE CONTACTS: Who to get in touch with if things go wrong...

 

In college...

JCR Welfare & Academic Affairs Officer: Jennifer Tollman, jcr-welfare@murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk
MCR Welfare Officer: Deirdre May Culley, mcr-welfare@murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk

Porters have emergency numbers for all officers.
Porters’ Lodge: 01223 762 100.
It is possible to contact taxis from the free phone in the porters’ lodge.

Senior Tutor: Dr David Jarvis, daj27@cam.ac.uk
His office is the first office on the left leading into the admin offices in Old Block.

College Nurse: Mary Cavander-Attwood, mec33@cam.ac.uk
Available during term time. Her time-table is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9-12.30, Wednesday 16.00-19.30. Her office is next to the library.

Remember, you can also contact any tutor you want, not only your own.
 

CUSU...
 

Old Examination Hall, New Museums Site
01223 333313 www.cusu.cam.ac.uk  

Individual Student Support Service– for information, advocacy, support.

Welfare Phone 07999859940 (9am-7pm)
Welfare Officer, Andrea Walko, welfare@cusu.cam.ac.uk
Women’s Officer, Natalie Szarek, womens@cusu.cam.ac.uk
Education Officer, Ant Bagshaw, education@cusu.cam.ac.uk
 

The University...

University Counselling Service
2/3 Bene't Place, Lensfield Road,
01223 332865 reception@counselling.cam.ac.uk  
www.counselling.cam.ac.uk  

University Childcare adviser
01223 332249
childcare@admin.cam.ac.uk  
http://www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/childcare/childguide/  

Disability Resource Centre
Keynes House, Trumpington Street,
01223 (3)32301
ucam-disability@lists.cam.ac.uk
www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/disability  

Citizen’s Advice Bureau...
www.cambridgecab.org.uk  
0844 848 7979

Cruse Bereavement Counselling…
www.cambridge-cruse.fsnet.co.uk  
01223 302662
info@cambridge-cruse.fsnet.co.uk
 

Listening Services...

Linkline – for students

01223 367575 (BT) / 01223 744444 (NTL) / ext. 62212 7pm-7am during term.

The Samaritans - emotional support
08457 90 90 90 (24hrs)

Medical…
NHS Direct 0845 46 47
CamDoc 01223 464242 (out of hours GP)

Student Health Website: www.camstudenthealth.co.uk  

Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road
01223 245 151
 

Need Condoms...

Available from Welfare Officers on request. Also available in the box in the laundry room and the ‘Welfare Officer’ pigeonhole.

CUSU sell cheap condoms
From DHIVERSE, info@dhiverse.org.uk  01223 508805

Sexual Health...
Sexual Health Check-ups at the Laurels
20 Newmarket Road, Cambridge
08456 506152
www.goodsexualhealth.co.uk
www.contraceptivechoices.co.uk   
 

Need a pregnancy test...

Available from Welfare Officers on request. Also available in the box in the laundry room and the ‘Welfare Officer’ pigeonhole.

Request a pregnancy Test sent to you in college in an unmarked envelope:
www.cusu.cam.ac.uk/welfare/pregnancytest/  

Unplanned pregnancy information...
Marie Stopes 0845 300 8090 (24hrs)
Ask Brook 0800 0185 023 (24hrs)
 

Services for Women...

Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre
� www.cambridgerapecrisis.co.uk
01223 245888 (Wed 7:30-8:30pm)
contact@cambridgerapecrisis.co.uk

Women’s Aid
www.womensaid.org.uk  
0808 2000 247 refuge@cambridgewa.org.uk

Women’s Resource Centre
www.cwrc.co.uk  
01223 321148 enquiries@cwrc.org.uk

Victim Support...
www.victimsupport.org
0845 30 30 900
contact@victimsupport.org.uk

Parkside Police Station...
Parkside, Cambridge, CB1 1JG
0845 456 456 4

Carole Langton, University Liaison Police
01223 823548 / 07740734988
Carole.langton@cambs.pnn.police.uk  

Reporting Hate Crime
www.report-it.org.uk  
Marie Mckearney, Open Out Scheme 01223 823552 / 07736 086 700

Mental Health Support...
www.giveitsomethought.co.uk

Mind
0845 766 0163 ( 9am-5pm)
info@mind.org.uk

Sane
http://www.sane.org.uk/
Sanemail@sane.org.uk
Saneline: 0845 767 8000 (1pm-11pm)

Student Depression website:
http://www.studentdepression.org/site/

Eating Disorders Support...
eds@cusu.cam.ac.uk  

B-Eat www.b-eat.co.uk
0845 634 1414 help@b-eat.co.uk
 

Drugs and Alcohol…

Frank
www.talktofrank.com  
0800 776600 frank@talktofrank.com  

The Bridge Project, Drug Advice Centre
01223 214614 thebridge@cambsmh.nhs.uk

Drinksense, Alcohol Advisory Service
www.drinksense.org  01733 555532 centraloffice@drinksense.org