Student Liaison Officers
Want to speak to someone who has been there and done that?
Student Liaison Officers (SLOs) are recent graduates or placement students, employed across the university to work in conjunction with the Students’ Union. Each School has a designated SLO, who is there to support you and enhance your University experience.
The SLOs ultimately act as a referral point, to provide you with support, guidance, information and impartial, confidential advice. As previous students the SLOs appreciate how important it is to have someone to talk to.
Students speak to their SLOs, about a range of different issues…
A Hospitality Management student spoke about her experience:
“I was feeling alienated and felt like I wanted to transfer to a different university. The SLO was very helpful and when I got upset he helped to calm me down. He tried to establish what exactly the problem was and went through a few of my options. He made an appointment for me to see the senior tutor to talk about transferring if that’s what I still wanted to do. I feel a lot better now I am getting to try out some different options.”
A student studying Music Production was feeling low, so went to get advice from his SLO…
“I was feeling down and not making many friends when I came to university. I talked with the SLO and he referred me to the counselling service to talk to someone. He also took me through some of the social activities at UCLan and we made a three week plan. I ended up getting really involved with the music society and met loads of new people. It’s really helped me make friends and get more involved.”
A 19 year old Social Work student wasn’t aware of her SLO…
“I was having trouble with people on my course and wanted advice as I was being called into a meeting with my tutors about my conduct. I was asked by my tutor to seek some impartial advice on what the university expects of students and what happens in disciplinary procedures. I felt that the Advice Centre in Students’ Union would be suitable at giving me detailed information, although I’m sure this is where the SLO would have sent me, as well as providing me with his advice if I’d approached him with this issue.”
You can contact your SLO anytime for help and advice with any issue that may arise during the course of your studies. On a brighter note, the SLOs are always there if you fancy a chat about uni life or you would like to become a course representative for your course. Remember your SLOs door is always open!
For more information or to contact your SLO, click here to meet the team.
