student-to-student support and information
What is The Big Conversation?
The Big Conversation is a helpful, friendly and reliable student-to-student service and we want to know all about your experiences at the University of Greenwich!
Whether you’re having a great time or you’re having some challenges, the Big Conversation would love to hear about it. You’ll speak to one of our student-staff team – our Support and Wellbeing Assistants who are all students too, so they understand some of the challenges or frustrations you’re also facing.
We try and speak to every new student when they start, as well as reaching out to current students throughout the academic year.
What will we ask you about?
During the call, we’ll ask about your experience and help you discover activities, clubs, societies, support services, and other resources that could enhance your time at university. If you tell us that you need support, we’ll make sure you’re connected to the right service as quickly as possible.
Our team aims to be a helpful, friendly and reliable source of information, that you can trust to always have your best interests in mind.
WhatsApp Outreach
You might also hear from us through our WhatsApp outreach! You can sign up to our WhatsApp broadcast service to receive a few WhatsApp messages throughout the year with timely info and support.
Sign up for our Whatsapp Broadcast
What else do you need to know?
We know that lots of people don’t answer calls from unknown numbers, so we suggest that you save our number now as “GSU Big Conversation”, so that you know it is us calling! The number that you see when we call will be:
020 8331 9992
As we are handling data, we are following GDPR guidelines and you can opt-out of us collecting data at the start of the call. After the call, you can contact us to delete, edit or recall your data. You can opt out of check-ins entirely by clicking here.
Want us to give you a call?
If you'd like GSU to give you a call to check-in with you please send us an email with your student ID number and preferred contact number and we'll reach out.
bigconversation@greenwich.ac.uk
Other Resources
The Big Conversation is part of a range of support we offer you at the Greenwich Students' Union, including:
Privacy notice
When our Team give you a call, you can be reassured that we are being responsible with the data that we collect and we believe you should know how we are using this data. The data we have is shared with us from the University as part of our membership duty to you.
Confidentiality
It is really important to us that you feel you can be open and honest about your experiences. We are calling from the Greenwich Students’ Union, rather than from the university, so we endeavour to keep your concerns confidential if you want us to. However, there are a few cases where we might break confidentiality. Firstly, if you would like us to refer you to university services for more support, we will share information about your situation with them. Secondly, if we believe that you or someone else is at risk of harm, we will have to escalate and share this with the university and potentially external parties. We will always try to discuss this with you first where possible.