The Advice Place

Part of the Edinburgh University Students’ Association, the Advice Place is a professional, independent and confidential advisory service. They offer advice on a wide range of topics.

They advise on:

  • Money: UK funding, UK and Scottish benefits, University hardship and discretionary funds, emergency loans, late funding loans, bills, budgeting, council tax, banking, discounts, energy complaints.
  • Academic: progression, appeals, interruptions, misconduct, code of student conduct investigations, complaints, exceptional circumstances, extensions, support for study, fitness to practice, PhD supervision.
  • Housing: flat hunting, finding flatmates, guarantors, scams, checking leases, unfair terms, flatmate issues, evictions, ending tenancies, deposits, repairs, rent, first tier tribunal cases, homelessness.
  • Violence, harassment and crime: sexual violence, domestic abuse, intimate partner violence, stalking, hate crimes, hate incidents, discrimination, fraud, police reporting, complaints.

Get in touch online, by phone or in person at Potterrow and King’s Buildings House.

The Advice Place website