By Veronika Russakova a 2nd Year Graphic Design NTU student We often experience stress and anxiety; these feelings of stress and anxiety can be a normal response to things that are going on in our lives, e.g. it’s normal to feel some stress and anxiety over a presentation. However, I have never thought about it or felt … More Art as a way to overcome and manage anxiety
By Jamie Smith, a 3rd year, Business Management and Economics Has University got you feeling overwhelmed and in need of a mental reset? Here my tips for focusing on de-stressing to help you manage your mental health, happiness and the busyness of university and life! Everyone will be different in terms of what will be … More My tips for de-stressing at university
Navigating the Challenges of an international student Today is World Mental Health Day, so our Student Mental Health Champions have shared their thoughts and experiences around mental health to help raise awareness. Check out our other WMHD blog written by Beth too! By Jelly, a Human Resource Management MSc NTU Student Due to the ever-growing … More WMHD: Struggling with my mental health as an international student
Today is World Mental Health Day, so our Student Mental Health Champions have shared their thoughts and experiences around mental health to help raise awareness. Check out our other WMHD blog written by Jelly too! Written by Beth Green, MA Magazine Journalism NTU Student What makes you happy? It seems so simple, so why is … More World Mental Health Day: Navigating Life
Written by John Chambers, Student Support Officer – Halls of Residence Moving away from home is a change that can be upsetting, but it is a change that affects everyone at some point in their life. According to the National Union of Students more than half of all students suffer from some sort of homesickness. … More New student Homesickness at NTU
By Izzi Meynell, 2nd year Creative Writing NTU Student I was worried that, when I started university, I would have no friends. You hear so many stories about isolation when it comes to living off-campus in your first year, almost as many as you hear about the joys of living on-campus. Obsessively reading threads on … More Friendship anxiety: How to deal with feeling like you’ve not made ‘enough’ friends at uni.
By Jamie Smith, a 3rd year, Business Management and Economics This blog will cover my tips and tricks that helped me to survive and thrive settling in at Nottingham Trent University Settling in For some of you, this will be you’re first step into independence away from friends and family back home and its hard, … More So, you’re new at Trent
Written by Maggie, BA Business (placement year) NTU Student I began facilitating consent workshops in January of 2022, and they have easily been one of the best parts of my university experience. Apart from allowing me to contribute to an important cause that I am an advocate for, consent workshops have also helped me become … More What it means to be a consent facilitator at university
By Salma Mohamed, Education Psychology NTU student Navigating university life can be a daunting task for any student, but when faced with disabilities such as Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and severe anxiety, the road can seem even more challenging. As a student from a black and ethnic community, I found the courage to share my journey, … More How the Disability team helped me with my severe anxiety and Hidradenitis suppurativa
By Victoria Smith a BSc Wildlife Conservation NTU AlumniGoing to university was initially daunting for me and made me very anxious, with General Anxiety Disorder and Epilepsy and being a mature student, I didn’t know really what to expect. Combined my disabilities made it difficult to concentrate, recall, retain and process information and take on … More My experience with anxiety at university
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