Natalie Wood and Ellen Forde

Natalie and Ellen are your Student Advisers for the Faculty of Laws. Scroll down for more information about events and to learn about Natalie and Ellen.

What I do

Hi, I’m Natalie. I am a Student Adviser for the Faculty of Laws and I am here for you as a key point of contact during the first year of your undergraduate studies. I am available to discuss any wellbeing, support, and student experience matters.

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Events

Working within the Student Support and Wellbeing team, I will be hosting a range of events and activities during term time to support your Social bonding, Skills for life and Wellbeing at university. Explore the workshops and activities you can join throughout the academic year listed below.  

Term 1: September 25th - December 15th 2023

Your guide to thrive - Study Skills cafe - 23rd November @ 13:00

Come along to find out more information about exams support and how to look after your wellbeing. There will be donuts and hot chocolate! You can see where and when this event is taking place by checking your UCL Timetable.

Study Skills at UCL Law - Study Skills Centre (various thursdays)

The Study Skills Centre is a place for Year 1 LLB students to study together and to have the opportunity to ask faculty staff questions about study skills in an informal and supportive environment and have some refreshments.  Running on selected Thursdays throughout the term. Check with your Student Adviser for more details!

Study Skills at UCL Law - Study Skills Workshop (various wednesdays)

Study Skills Workshop runs on selected Wednesday mornings throughout the term and covers everyhing from Academic Integrity, Wellbeing and Managing your Workload, to Controlled Condition Exams. We expect all year 1 students to attend these sessions and they will appear in your timetable.

Study Skills at UCL Law - Study Skills Social

A reward for being brilliant! Come together with your peers, the Support Team and select Academics to chat and eat. Check your inbox for alerts of details for time, date, and location.

 

Term 2: January 8th - March 22nd 2024

BEAT THE JANUARY BLUES - SOCIAL in The Hub and Keeton Room, Bentham House. Have lunch and mingle with your peers and academics - 25th JANUARY @ 14:00 - 15.30

 

STUDY SKILLS AT UCL LAW - STUDY SKILLS CENTRE (VARIOUS THURSDAYS)

The Study Skills Centre is a place for Year 1 LLB students to study together and to have the opportunity to ask faculty staff questions about study skills in an informal and supportive environment, while enjoying some refreshments.  Running on selected Thursdays throughout the term. Check with your Student Adviser for more details!

STUDY SKILLS AT UCL LAW - STUDY SKILLS WORKSHOP (VARIOUS WEDNESDAYS)

Study Skills Workshop runs on selected Wednesday mornings throughout the term and covers everyhing from Academic Integrity, Wellbeing and Managing your Workload, to Controlled Condition Exams. We expect all yYear 1 students to attend these sessions and they will appear in your timetable.

STUDY SKILLS AT UCL LAW - STUDY SKILLS SOCIAL

A reward for being brilliant! Come together with your peers, the Support Team and select Academics to chat and eat.

Term 3: April 22nd - June 7th 2024

More information coming soon.

Who am I?

About Natalie

What was your experience of further or higher education like?

I was a late starter to Higher Education, having had a fairly disjointed secondary education growing up in a rural area in the 90s, with the main source of employment being tourism.  After I turned 21 I completed an Access course and then started my university journey at 25.  I studied Film at Anglia Ruskin University and found an environment that let me tap into my artistic and cultural interests in a beautiful university city with a rich student experience.  The film course was largely theory based, so I found myself studying the medium from all sorts of angles like Art History, Psychology and Sociology. I became a Student Ambassador and would work closely with Faculty members on outreach events and the Film Society. I worked part-time at the Cambridge Arts Picture House and contributed articles to the Student Arts newspaper. I was selected from the student body of the School of Communication, Film and Media to deliver the Vote of Thanks speech at my graduation, where Stephen Fry was supposed to be the keynote speaker but cancelled at the last minute.  

Who or what made the biggest positive impact on you when you were studying? And how did they support you?

From day one of my university journey I made myself known to the Student Support Services who helped me many times throughout my studies; from problems with the Student Loans Company to advice about job searches and counselling for mental health. Without that support I wouldn’t have made it through, and I think these kinds of services have only improved since then. My Head of Department was also a great source of advice and inspiration, and we are still in touch today. 

What working achievements or initiatives are you most proud of?

On the strength of my work as a Student Ambassador I was hired by the Universities recruitment team upon graduation and began working in outreach, since then I have been lucky enough to work for lots of different kinds of universities before coming to UCL and joining Student Support and Wellbeing.  

If you could tell your younger self one thing, what would it be?

To not be afraid to seek advice when I became aware I was struggling, to stand up for myself when I felt I wasn’t being treated fairly, and to remember that things are never as bad as I first believed. 

What would it surprise people to know about you?

I have lived in South East Asia, the Middle East, Canada and Germany. I have an Irish Terrier named Nancy (after my dearly departed Irish Nan) and I’m obsessed with Espionage fiction.