StressBusters


This is your place to find activities to help you tackle stress and improve your wellbeing during exam and deadline seasons.

Exam Anxiety Workhop


Need some support? Start with our online workshop.

 

Events


Stressbuster: Pop Up Stall
5th May 11am - noon
Dreadnought Building, Atrium
Pop by for snacks, stationary and fidgets to help get YOU through exam season!
Give It A Go: Crafternoon
5th May 3pm - 5pm
Dreadnought Building, Atrium
Are exams and assignments proving to be abit too much? Do you need something to take your mind off things? Everyone’s welcome to Crafternoon. We will have painting, origami and air dry clay ready for you to get creative and forget about deadlines for
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Stressbuster: Pop Up Stall
12th May 11am - noon
Dreadnought Building, Atrium
Pop by for snacks, stationary and fidgets to help get YOU through exam season!
Give It A Go: Mature Students Mixer
12th May 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Lower Deck
Come meet and hang out with other mature students, make new friends and take an evening to decompress from the exam season!
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Stressbuster: Gaming Night
19th May 6pm - 8pm
Boardroom, Dreadnought Building
Decompress with your GSU for a night of low stakes but fun gaming night!
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Trans and Non Binary Mixer
1st June 2pm - 2nd June 5pm
Room 026, Dreadnought Building

 
 

 

Check a list of University Events here

 

Articles


How to avoid post-exam stress

Thu 05 May 2022

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We’ve got a few tips to help you to avoid that post-exam stress.

 

Fuel your day


3rd May - 20th May Deals

The Lower Deck is running special offers during this exam period to help you fuel yourself up whether that's a morning pick-me-up, an evening meal after a day of study, or you just need a coffee hit from Change.

 

£5 ‘meal deals’ Breakfast/Lunch includes any muffin, wrap or toasties and a regular hot or cold drink from below: (8am-3pm) 

Breakfast Wrap, Bacon Muffin, Bacon & Egg Muffin Bacon, Sausage & Egg Muffin, Sausage Muffin, Sausage & Egg Muffin, Chicken & Bacon Toasties, Mushroom & Emmental Toastie, Cheese and Tomato Toastie, Ham and Cheese Toastie, All Day Breakfast Toasties, Cheese & Tomato Panini, Chicken & Pesto Panini, Bacon & Cheese Panini, Pulled Pork Panini, Tea, Americano, Cappuccino, Latte, Hot Chocolate, Mocha, Iced Tea, Iced Matcha, Iced Espresso, Iced Americano, Iced Latte.

£3 Pastry and drink deal any pastry and a regular hot or cold drink from below selections (8am-3pm) 

Cookie Butter Croissant Chocolate Croissant Vegan Blueberry Croissant Tea Americano Cappuccino Latte Hot Chocolate Mocha Iced Tea Iced Matcha Iced Espresso Iced Americano Iced Latte. 

20% off menu items across our menu.                           

 

 

 

 

Mindfulness Resources


Bake Well Being

Follow Bake Well Being for everything from recipes and tutorials to mental health chats. Bake Well Being aims to provide cathartic bakes, filled with new skillful techniques, topped with creative release.

 

10-minute at home workouts

Why not try a no-equipment begginers-friendly 10-minute workout to boost your mood and productivity before or after a long study session? 

 

Tea & Talk 

Tune in for a Tea & Talk with Ella from Bake Well Being or host your own Tea & Talk catch-up with a close friend to engage in a meaningful conversation and address your worries during exam season. 

 

30 Days of Mindfulness 

Do the 30 Days of Mindfulness challenge or just pick any activity that resonates with you to do in your study break.

 

Money Experts with Stressbusters

Discover the answers to your questions including how do I make a budget and discover what bursaries are available to you in our Money Experts series

 

Book an Academic Skills Appointment

If you feel you might need more support you can book an academic skills appointment at the library.