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collinsre4
- May 11, 2021
- 1 min
Connecting with Nature
We know that spending time in nature can have a positive impact on our wellbeing. There's even a formal type of therapeutic treatment...
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collinsre4
- May 7, 2021
- 1 min
Photography competition
To celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week (10th-16th May) I'd like to announce our photography competition. The theme is Connecting with...
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collinsre4
- May 7, 2021
- 2 min
Mental Health Awareness Week
It's Mental Health Awareness week 10th - 16th May. This was started by The Mental Health Foundation 21 years ago and their theme this...
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sportandfitness
- Mar 8, 2021
- 2 min
Health blog series [16]: Smoothie recipes to try out
Why not try making a smoothie to make your day even better? There are many different kinds of smoothies that contain a lot of sugar and...
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sportandfitness
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
Health blog series [12]: Build your confidence
Hello and welcome to another post of our Health blog series . Today we are going to talk on how to build your confidence by being more...
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collinsre4
- Dec 7, 2020
- 2 min
Fear of Public Speaking
Presentations can be nerve-wracking for lots of students, but it is a skill you can develop with practice. Roughly 75% of all people...
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sportandfitness
- Dec 7, 2020
- 1 min
Health blog series [9]: Let's get ACTIVE together and minimise the distance between us.
In our previous blog post we presented the positive impact of physical activity on our mental health and some barriers to it. We...
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collinsre4
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
Happy Hormones
Four of the hormones our bodies produce, Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins, are known as the happy hormones. Part of their...
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collinsre4
- Nov 25, 2020
- 1 min
Stress relief
Stress is the feeling of too much pressure and it has a physical impact on our bodies. Stress hormones are the same ones that kick-start...
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sportandfitness
- Nov 25, 2020
- 1 min
Health blog series [8]: How physical activity impacts mental health
There’s plenty of evidence that taking part in physical activity can have a positive impact with most common being: Improved mood Reduced...
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collinsre4
- Nov 20, 2020
- 1 min
Winter blues
The shorter and darker days of winter can have a profound affect on our mental health and the 2020 lockdown induced isolation is...
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collinsre4
- Nov 20, 2020
- 1 min
Depression
We all have times when we feel sad or miserable about life. Usually these feelings pass. If the feelings are interfering with your life...
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mafling
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
Gregg’s Blog (6): Your Fellow Students Need You!
Social activity in London at present is quite difficult and that’s an understatement! In normal times even if you are a social hermit you...
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collinsre4
- Nov 16, 2020
- 2 min
What it is the "Fight, Flight or Freeze" response and what do to about it.
Anxiety is a natural human response when we feel we are under threat. It can be experienced through our thoughts, feelings and physical...
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collinsre4
- Nov 16, 2020
- 1 min
Crisis Texts
Need support but no privacy? Try these text based support services. They provide free, confidential trained counsellors 24/7 and you...
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collinsre4
- Nov 16, 2020
- 1 min
How do you feel? What do you do about it? CBT: Retrain your brain to create more helpful responses
CBT treatment combines cognitive therapy (examining the things you think) and behaviour therapy (examining the things you do) to help you...
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Engagement Office
- Nov 11, 2020
- 1 min
The Wellness Society: Coronavirus Anxiety Workbook
Do you think that you are suffering from anxiety? Becky, our Disability & Mental Health Coordinator, recommends you to have a look into...
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sportandfitness
- Aug 14, 2020
- 1 min
The impact on our body and health of virtual learning and what can you do about it.
Join the first sports' webinar with our special guest personal trainer, Ali Farran. We discuss how much time we spend sitting while...
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Engagement Office
- May 22, 2020
- 2 min
PREPARE FOR SUMMER. Make your own Elderflower Cordial -The flowers are in full bloom. Don’t miss it!
For the next few weeks our parks, woodlands and gardenswill be full of the wonderful scent of elderflowers which are coming into bloom,...
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