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Your usual Student Support is closed for the Christmas period from Tuesday 23rd December until Monday 5th January, but we still have a range of alternative support available for you.  

Our team are responding to emails between 11am and 1pm daily, except bank holidays and you can contact us 0191 515 2933 as usual.

If you wish to access support we have our Out of Hours service running every night between the hours of 6:30pm and 6:30am, including public holidays. Please contact the team on telephone 0191 515 2451 should you need support.   

You can contact University Security on 0191 515 2028.

Modern slavery can take many forms including the trafficking of people, coerced labour, servitude and slavery. 

Modern slavery can include things like:

  • Sexual exploitation and sexual abuse and/or being forced to sell sex.
  • Being forced to work in private households, usually performing domestic chores and childcare duties.
  • Being forced to work long hours for little or no pay in poor conditions under verbal or physical threats of violence to them or their families.
  • Being forced into crime such as pick pocketing, shop lifting, growing cannabis or drug trafficking.

It could also include things like forced begging, forced benefit fraud or forced marriage.

You can find more information here. 


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