Peer Support system – S.O.S.T.A. (SUPPORT)

https://www.uniupo.it/en/orientation/study-support/peer-support-system-%E2%80%93-sosta-support

The S.O.S.T.A. desk - Servizio Orientamento e Servizio Tutorato di Ateneo (University Orientation and Tutoring Service) is a peer-to-peer service for welcoming and supporting students, implemented with the collaboration of university students.

The service:

  • welcomes students individually or in small groups
  • supports first-year students in taking their first steps at university
  • helps to solve organisational problems
  • informs about services and opportunities at university
  • facilitates access to tutoring by liaising with departmental tutors
  • provides an initial welcome to international students by providing them with information on the university organisation, opportunities and student support services, thus facilitating their inclusion in the university
  • promotes welcoming activities for students with disabilities and DSA, encouraging knowledge of and contact with dedicated services 
  • promotes contact with the University Guidance and Tutoring Service for interviews, career guidance and counselling, study support, forms of cooperative peer study

 

S.O.S.T.A. meetings take place

● Online - Register for the service and meet university students - register for the service and meet college student  

● In person, at all University facilities

 

POLO di ALESSANDRIA

S.O.S.T.A. BORSALINO - ground floor, Lab0 laboratory, opposite the Concierge - Via Cavour 84, Alessandria
● Mondays 9:00-11:00 a.m.
● Wednesday 9:00-11:00

S.O.S.T.A. DISIT - first floor, space adjacent to the Student Secretariat - Viale T. Michel 11, Alessandria
● Tuesday 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
● Thursday 12:30-14:30

POLO di NOVARA

S.O.S.T.A. DSF - Department foyer - Largo Donegani 2, Novara
● Wednesday 10:30-12:30
● Friday 8:30-10:30

S.O.S.T.A. PERRONE - ground floor, table in the corridor in front of the bar - Via Perrone
18, Novara
● Tuesday 1:00-3:00 p.m.
● Friday 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

POLO di VERCELLI

S.O.S.T.A. VERCELLI - Polo Didattico S. Giuseppe, classroom basement floor (near Study Hall) - Piazza Sant'Eusebio 5, Vercelli
● Mondays 9:00-11:00
● Friday 10:00-12:00

For information: University Guidance and Tutoring Service - Staff Development and Career Coordination and Student Services - Teaching Division
e-mail: orientamento@uniupo.it