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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

Join the Education Welfare Team on University Mental Health Day for some free refreshments and a chance to chat and find out about support available at the University.

Hub Office A (Next to Info Point) No
Monday 13 March, 2.30pm - 4.00pm

Lego Serious Play: Acts of Kindness

In this 90 minute session we explore acts of kindness through a serious of Lego Serious Play activities including being kind to ourselves, kind to others, and what this means for students at the University and the local community. Come along to this session and share your thoughts and ideas. You even get to take a Lego pack home!

Forum Seminar Room 4, Streatham Campus Yes: Sign up online
Tuesday 14 March, 10.00am - 11.30am

Coffee and Chat at Building One Hub

Join the Education Welfare Team for some free refreshments and a chance to chat and find out about support available at the University.

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
Join the Education Welfare Team for some free refreshments and a chance to chat and find out about support available at the University.

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