Talks and Activities
During term time, the Education Welfare Team and Wellbeing Services run a number of talks and activities, on our campuses and online. These activities are often run in conjunction with our Residence Life team and the Student Guild. See below for details of events coming up in Term 2.
Date |
Event Description | Location | Booking required? |
Wednesday 8 March, 2:30- 3:30pm |
Wellbeing Webinar: Go to bed and get some sleep This workshop aims to give you information about sleep and what can cause problems in sleeping patterns. We also include some information on improving tiredness. Having a healthy sleeping pattern is very important for overall wellbeing, however many people have difficulties with sleeping and feeling tired. Being a student this can be very frustrating. This workshop also aims to give you a number of different techniques and strategies based on the cognitive behavioural therapy approach to improve the quality and quantity of your sleep. |
Online | Yes: sign up online |
Thursday 9th March, 11.30pm - 1.00pm |
Coffee and Chat at Queens Hub: University Mental Health Day |
Hub Office A (Next to Info Point) | No |
Monday 13 March, 2.30pm - 4.00pm |
Lego Serious Play: Acts of Kindness |
Forum Seminar Room 4, Streatham Campus | Yes: Sign up online |
Tuesday 14 March, 10.00am - 11.30am |
Coffee and Chat at Building One Hub |
XFi Study Space | No |
Wednesday 15 March, 2:30- 3:30pm |
Wellbeing Webinar: Overcoming Panic Attacks This workshop aims to give you more information about panic attacks so you can better understand what is happening to your body. It also provides a number of techniques to help you overcome panic attacks based on the cognitive behavioural therapy approach. Panic attacks are very intense peaks in anxiety that come on very quickly and can last up to ten minutes. When having a panic attack people report symptoms such as increased heart rate or palpitations; chest pain; shortness of breath; dizziness; and feeling disorientated. The experience can be very unpleasant and can have a big effect on your day to day life. This workshops helps you deal with strategies to prevent this. This workshop aims to give you more information about panic attacks so you can better understand what is happening to your body. It also provides a number of techniques to help you overcome panic attacks based on the cognitive behavioural therapy approach. |
Online | Yes: sign up online |
Friday 17 March, 2.00pm - 4.00pm |
Spring Crafternoon with Education Welfare Team |
Library Foyer | No |
Wednesday 22 March, 2:30- 3:30pm |
Welbeing Webinar: Exam Stress This workshop aims to give you techniques to decrease stress around exams and enable you to perform better as a result. Doing exams can be a very difficult process, you may have a lot of pressure to do well and this can lead to high levels of stress. A certain amount of stress is helpful for doing exams but too much stress can actually impede your performance. Problems with sleep, fatigue, headaches and tension are some of the effects stress can have on our bodies. All these problems may affect our ability to concentrate and make it difficult for us to reach our full potential with our work. This workshop aims to give you techniques to decrease stress around exams and enable you to perform better as a result. |
Online | Yes: sign up online |
Thursday 23 March, 3.00pm - 4.00pm |
Coffee and Chat at St Luke's Hub |
South Cloisters Foyer | No |
Wednesday 29 March, 3.00pm - 4.00pm | Building Creative Confidence workshop Join this informal session to find out more about how the creative process works, and what it means for you. We’ll look at the transferable skills of creativity and the benefits for well-being, and managing your academic work and you’ll try out a couple of quick techniques to generate new ideas. Led by Sarah Campbell, Associate Director for Arts and Culture at the University. To find out more about what they do, go to https://www.artsandcultureexeter.co.uk/ |
Peter Chalk 2.4 | Yes - if you’d like to come along, email us at welfare.peterchalk@exeter.ac.uk |