There are a number of services and resources available to Astrophoria Foundation Year students at the University of Oxford.

Welfare support on the Foundation Year

The Astrophoria Foundation Year Programme has a dedicated Welfare Lead for students. The Welfare Lead provides confidential 1:1 support and advice for all students on the Foundation Year Programme for matters relating to student wellbeing.

The Astrophoria Foundation Year, your college and Oxford University offer a range of specialist support for situations including harassment, sexual violence and further mental health support. Click the links below to explore the range of useful resources available within the University, and locally and nationally.

Contacts for emergency services and non-emergency health, welfare and academic support services can be found on the University website.
Each of our participating colleges have information about the welfare and wellbeing support available in college on their websites.

We take reasonable steps to ensure that any external website that we provide links to or any information provided by third parties is not offensive or defamatory, however we are unable to take responsibility for the content or information on websites maintained outside of the University of Oxford.

Before you start

Once you have your offer letter from UCAS, you may wish to start looking at resources which support the transition to starting at University. Helpful resources can be found on the University website.

Student Minds is a charity that also offers useful resources.

Financial support

There are a number of sources of financial support that students on the Foundation Year are eligible to receive and apply for. Details of these sources, the eligibility, application and approvals processes are outlined here on our website.