Student Support and Information Services

Student Support & Information Services (SSIS) is made up of five main areas: Student Experience, Student Planning and Information Services, Student Support Centres, Student Systems and Operations Departmental Services:each with their own responsibilities for aspects of the student experience. For more information on their work visit their webpage www.derby.ac.uk/ssis

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New Unit Will Deliver Corporate Intelligence
5 December 2012

A new specialised University division, the Corporate Intelligence Unit (CIU), is now up and running. Under the leadership of the Registrar, June ...

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Changes Enhance Experience
29 October 2012

A new contact point in the Atrium at the University's Kedleston Road site is just one of a raft of changes within Student Support and Information ...

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University Takes Service Design Approach To Student Experience
6 August 2012

Groundbreaking work by the University's Student Support and Information Services (SSIS) Team to improve student experience using service design ...

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CDC Helps Students Stand Out From Crowd
6 August 2012

The University's Career Development Centre (CDC) recently held its fourth annual awards event to celebrate the successes of students who have ...

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Dance And Drama In Community Recognised At Awards
21 May 2012

Two Creative Expressive Therapies degree students have been recognised for their work volunteering in the community with an award win and ...

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Staff Members Graduate
26 April 2012

Two staff members from the University of Derby recently graduated from the PG Certificate (PG Cert) in Professional Practice (Higher Education ...

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Volunteers Wild About The Environment
12 March 2012

The University has joined forces with WildDerby at the City Council to support students into volunteering. The project will encourage and enable ...

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Lion Dance Wows The Crowd
6 March 2012

The Buxton Dome was filled with the sounds of Chinese drumming, international music beats, and...a Chinese dancing lion on Monday and Tuesday ...

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Students Asked For Their Points Of View
30 January 2012

From today (January 30) students across the University will have the opportunity to feed back about their experience at Derby through a number of ...

Programme Rep Conference 2011

Programme Rep Conference 2011
24 November 2011

The fifth annual Programme Rep Conference has been held by the University and Students' Union (UDSU). The one-day conference gives student course ...

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Students Take Steps To Reduce Carbon Footprint
20 October 2011

Students living in the city have pledged to do more to reduce their environmental footprint at the launch of a new campaign in their halls of ...

University Hosts Mental Health Awareness Event
10 October 2011

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (DHCFT) hosted its third 'human library' event on Monday (October 10) at the University of Derby, in ...

Icebreakers

Students Get Satisfaction At Derby
18 August 2011

Student satisfaction at the University of Derby is growing fast, according to an independent national survey. The University has welcomed the ...

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Limited Places On Offer As Derby Announces Record Applications
17 August 2011

Some places were available at the University of Derby on A-level results day - despite record undergraduate student applications. In a year of ...

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Success At THE Awards
17 June 2011

The University of Derby is celebrating after scooping a prestigious national award. It won the Outstanding Registry Team award at THE magazine's ...

Careers

Careers Awards Evening
2 June 2011

Following a two-day assessment the Career Development Centre (CDC) has again successfully met the Matrix Standard. The Matrix is the national ...

University Shares In School's Success
28 April 2011

The University is part of the Derby Moor School Trust, which has recently been recognised by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust in their ...

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University Up For Two Awards
14 April 2011

Two University of Derby departments are celebrating after being shortlisted for prestigious national awards. The THE magazine Leadership and ...

Students

University Unveils The 'Derby Difference' On Tuition Fees For 2012
5 April 2011

Quality, choice, value and the personal touch - these are the University of Derby's key promises to prospective students as it announces the ...

Landlord Forum
1 April 2011

More than 80 landlords attended a recent forum held at the University's Kedleston Road site in conjunction with the Derby City Council on March 23. ...

International students

International Students Give Their Views
30 March 2011

The Student Support and Advisory Service has received the latest results from the International Student Barometer, carried out by i-graduate. ...

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Comic Relief Update
29 March 2011

Staff and students across the University were in good heart as they raised vital funds for Comic Relief recently. Members of Student Support and ...

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Student Wellbeing Focus Of Event
8 March 2011

A 'Fairtrade' pancake race around the Buxton Dome was a highlight of this week's student wellbeing event at the University of Derby Buxton. The ...

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Derby Records Fastest Rate Of Student Applications
1 March 2011

Demand for undergraduate student places for this September at the University of Derby is already four times the national average, senior managers ...

Student enrolment

Team Need Your Help To Improve International Students' Journey
26 January 2011

The Student Experience Team is working hard to improve our international students' journey from initial interest in study at Derby through to ...

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Derby's International Experience Goes From Strength To Strength
10 January 2011

International students are increasingly satisfied with their experiences of living and studying in Derby according to the results of a recent ...

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Children Team Up With Students To Enhance Neighbourhood
20 December 2010

Children at a Mackworth Junior school have re-designed an outdoor area of their estate with help from University of Derby students, and will ...

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Mental Health Event To Break Down Barriers
26 November 2010

Hundreds of students and staff members took part in yoga and boxing try-outs, and accessed a library of touching personal stories, when the ...

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Launch of Student Record Puts Derby Ahead Of The Rest
22 November 2010

Students at the University of Derby were among the first in the country to receive a certified record of their personal achievements to boost ...

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Connected To Careers
22 November 2010

Our Annual Volunteering Fair took place at the beginning of November and this year it was bigger than ever. Over 50 organisations including Cancer ...

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Service Dedicated To Student Wellbeing Launched
10 November 2010

The University is always looking to improve the support it offers to students, and has recently launched its Student Wellbeing Service. The new ...

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Busy Start For SSIS Teams
27 October 2010

Teams within Student Support and Information Services have been busy during the last two months ensuring students got the best start to the ...

Michael Gunn

Top Role For Derby Pro Vice-Chancellor
11 October 2010

One of the University of Derby's most senior academic managers is leaving to become Vice-Chancellor of Staffordshire University. Professor ...

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Making A Stand
1 October 2010

Sue Morrison and Jean Mutton, of SSIS, were invited in the summer to attend the JISC Innovation Forum conference held at Royal Holloway, to ...

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Fresh Look For Careers Centre
29 September 2010

The University's Careers Advisers are looking forward to welcoming even more students to the Career Development Centre in the Kedleston Road site ...

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Volunteer Fair
21 September 2010

The Career Development Centre will be running a programme of events for our students in the forthcoming academic year. From our annual ...

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From Facebook To Freshers' - Derby Welcomes New Students
15 September 2010

New students are reflecting the buzz of the forthcoming academic year through a series of events being organised by the University of Derby and on ...

Student employment

SEA Looks Forward To Another Successful Year
1 September 2010

The Student Employment Agency had another busy year in 2009/10 helping many of the University's students find work. Internal employment ...

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Forensic Science Is Fingerprint Fun
17 August 2010

Children in Allestree spent a day of their summer holidays learning all about fingerprint identification at a forensic science play scheme staffed ...

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University Says "Ask Us!"
7 July 2010

Potential students can now contact the University of Derby with their questions 24 hours a day from anywhere in the world - and get an immediate ...

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