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As part of their contracts, our Student Counsellors receive regular supervision but Student Advisers do not. I realise that Counsellors and Advisers mean different things in different Institutions but in our case, at a simplistic level, Counsellors deal with personal and emotional problems and Advisers with more practical issues. Obviously, the boundaries get a bit blurred and we have strong liaison with our counselling colleagues. As Advisers, we are finding that we are increasingly dealing with some very difficult and stressful situations and we feel that some support, possibly from an external source, would be appropriate. I have put this to my Head of Division and he is, in principle, sympathetic to the proposal but would like some idea of what systems, if any, other Institutions have in place. I'd be very grateful for any feed-back and possibly what NASMA's views are too. Thanks Sybil Sybil Green Head of Student Advisory Service Cardiff University (029) 2087 4179 (direct line) (029) 2087 4844 (general office) (029) 2087 4947 (fax)