By Lily Albone, a current MSc Psychological Well-being and Mental Health NTU Student & Consent is Everything Facilitator Content Warning: This blog post discusses sexual violence, rape and victim blaming which can be harmful and upsetting to anyone who has experienced this. In Sexual Violence and Awareness Week, I’m pouring my heart into these words … More Sexual Violence Awareness Week: Student blog
How are you, really? (This is you sign to talk about it) Olista Naurallegra – 3rd year BSc (H) PsychologyNo matter how often we talk to ourselves inside our heads, those thoughts won’t find a way out, so they pile up. And then, getting them out can be the most difficult task, even though sometimes … More Time to Talk Day How are you, really?
By Mrunmai Vinay Wakade, Final Year BSC Psychology (Mental Health) NTU Student I remember spending winter break in Nottingham as a first-year international undergraduate student. It was my first time being away from home and most of my flatmates had gone back to visit their family. This was also coupled up with the corona virus … More Ways to cope as an international student who is staying in Nottingham during winter break
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
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
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
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week! This theme this year is anxiety, so one of our Student Mental Health Champions has shared her tips for coping with anxiety at university. For more information about the week as well as activities running at NTU, further links to support and resources click here Written by Sophie … More Mental Health Awareness Week: Top Tips for Anxiety
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