Upcoming wellbeing sessions for students

Student Services are running a variety of events throughout November to support your wellbeing. Topics covered include how to manage anxiety, a wellbeing walk to Burleigh Woods and a neurodiverse social drop-in.

Book your place on the Student Services website.

Managing Emotions

Many people struggle to identify and productively harness their emotions. This session will provide psychoeducation on the purpose and importance of emotions, as well as provide strategies to productively harness them through the use of a case study. No personal disclosure required.

  • 3 November, 11.30am-12.30pm, Bridgeman Building, 2.11

Doctoral Researchers series

A series of three workshops, open for Doctoral Researchers only, exploring some of the difficulties that can arise during a PhD and how it can impact your wellbeing. You will come away with different ideas and strategies to help manage the ups and downs of your PhD journey.

  • Motivation and Balance: 4 November, 11.15am-12.45pm, Bridgeman Building, 2.12
  • Self-compassion and Care: 12 November, 9.30am-11am, Graduate House, Training Room
  • Challenging Imposter Syndrome: 19 November, 10am-11.30am, Graduate House, Training Room

Managing Anxiety

Explore the body’s response to perceived threats and learn strategies to manage feelings of worry and unease.

  • 12 November, 10am-11.30am, Bridgeman Building, Room BRI 2.12

Wellbeing Walk to Burleigh Woods

Join us for a chance to relax, rebalance and enjoy nature and be in others' company. We will be going from the Bridgeman building up to and around Burleigh Woods.

  • 12 November, 2.15pm-4pm, Bridgeman reception

Self-care and compassion

During this session, we will explore how to be kind to ourselves and how to manage our wellbeing, focusing on our self-care. We will explore how to spot the signs and avoid burnout, managing boundaries and looking after ourselves. We will look at how unhelpful thinking and beliefs can impact us and offer some ideas and tools for you to take away and start to make the changes you would like to make.

  • 13 November, 10am-11am, online via Microsoft Teams

Neurodiverse Social drop-in

A friendly and relaxed space in a quiet environment to make friends, share in a game or just come along to eat your lunch in a quiet and welcoming space.

  • 14 November, 12pm-1pm, Bridgeman reception

Lifting Mood and Motivation

When we feel down, we can often experience low motivation. This can cause us to do less and to get stuck in a vicious cycle of the less we do, the worse we feel. The session will explore this cycle and a technique to break out of it.

  • 19 November, 2.30pm-4.30pm, online via Microsoft Teams

Sleep Smarter

Sleep problems can be common when studying at university, but it isn’t always obvious how to solve them. This sleep session is designed to help you understand what might be affecting your sleep and steps you can take to improve it.

  • 20 November, 10am-12pm, online via Microsoft Teams

Female Neurodiversity Group

Emotional regulation, healthy relationships and boundaries, health promotion and self-care, shared experiences and peer support and strategies for university life.

  • 28 November, 12pm-1pm, Bridgeman reception