The Student Advice Service is the only advice, information and advocacy service exclusively available to Oxford University Students. The service is staffed by a full-time manager and two part-time Advisors.
Cate Hemingway, OUSU Student Advisor
Cate Hemingway, Advice Service Manager
Email: catherine.hemingway@ousu.ox.ac.uk
Phone: 01865 (2)88466
Cate is the Manager of the Student Advice Service. Cate studied at Keele, Cambridge, London and Oxford where she gained a D.Phil. Cate has worked as an assistant junior dean and was MCR President at both Oxford and Cambridge. For over twenty years, Cate has worked in a variety of advice services in the public, private, independent and university sectors and is a qualified and registered social worker and psychologist. Cate’s areas of expertise include student parents, academic issues, eating disorders, harassment, mental health issues, addiction and sexual abuse. She is happy, however, to help you find a solution whatever the issue.
Lisa Stokes-King, Student AdvisorLisa Stokes-King, Advisor
Email: advice@ousu.ox.ac.uk
Phone: 01865 (2)88466
Lisa is a part-time Advisor who has been working with the Service since 2009. Lisa was an undergraduate at Oxford and undertook graduate studies in Canada. She has been an undergraduate, a graduate, an international student, a mature student and worked in a college office. Her main areas of expertise include, harassment, relationship abuse, housing and accommodation, and graduate issues. She is happy, however, to find the answer to any query you might have.
Lisa Stokes-King, Student AdvisorSophie Swain, Advisor
Email: advice@ousu.ox.ac.uk
Phone: 01865 (2)88466
Sophie Swain is a part-time Advisor who joined the Service in 2014. She completed her undergraduate degree at Lancaster University and was a member of her college’s JCR welfare team. She has worked in a variety of roles in the public, charity, arts and education sectors. She has lived in the UK and Spain. Her specialisms include issues around academic concerns, sexuality/sexual health, mental health and sexual abuse but she is happy to help with anything that is troubling you.
How to speak to an Advisor
Email advice@ousu.ox.ac.uk
Telephone 01865 288466
Visit us at 2 Worcester Street Oxford OX1 2BX
Drop in Mondays 10am-12 noon; Wednesdays: 12-2pm;
Friday 2pm-4pm