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Parents and guardians

Supporting your young person at Warwick

Coming to university can be a big adjustment, both for your young person and for you.

As parents or carers of students at the University of Warwick, we understand that you want your young person to feel able to achieve their best. As a University, we are committed to providing a supportive environment for all.

Sometimes, students encounter personal or academic difficulties. The University has a number of specialist support services to aid students through challenging times, and enable them to fulfil their potential.

A comprehensive and holistic support...

Support services communicate closely with each other (within the bounds of confidentiality) to provide comprehensive and holistic support and will refer students where appropriate. A student may choose to access support via any of the below services.


Calendar

Whilst every student’s experience of university is unique, our calendar presents some typical issues that come up across the year, with advice that you can share with your son or daughter.

FAQs

We've put together answers to your most common questions. Additionally, you can also watch our video on preparing for the transition to university and the range of support available.

Contacting the University

The UK General Data Protection Regulation and University policy prohibit the disclosure of an individual’s information to a third party. This means that our staff is unable to give any information about a student currently studying at the the University to a third party - this includes parents and other family members, friends, etc. All Universities in the UK follow similar guidelines and are bound by the same legislation.

Contacts and additional sources of support