Resources

Assessment Stress to Success

This is a useful workshop to view during the summer or January exam window.  The session provides help and advice on how best to study and revise alongside looking after your wellbeing. 

Beyond Campus: Summer in York

Discover how to make the most of your summer in York. From local events and festivals to creative activities, day trips, and opportunities to meet new people, this presentation will help you explore what's happening beyond campus and find inspiration for a fun, fulfilling summer. 

Connecting to Support

Do you know who to go to if you have questions about a specific issue? This presentation provides information about key services across the university, and who to contact if you need help with Accommodation, Assessments, Finance, Safety, Study, Visas and Wellbeing.

Find Your York

Discover how to make the most of your time at the University of York and beyond. Explore everything York has to offer, from beautiful nature walks and green spaces to community activities, theatre, music, art, and great day trips.

Whether you're new to York or simply looking to explore more of the city, you'll find practical ideas, opportunities to get involved, meet new people, discover new experiences, and feel part of the York community.

You can also pick up your printed What’s On in York guide in the wellbeing room which includes: mini maps highlighting cafés, study spots, green spaces, museums, and free attractions, and walking routes to explore the city like a local.

Group Work and Public Speaking Success

This workshop is about how you navigate the challenges of working in a group, and the fears and worries about then possibly presenting, either in a group or individually.

How to Counter Procrastination

Struggling with procrastination is understandable, given the pressures of academic life. This workshop explains why we procrastinate, and what we can do to counter it.

Understanding University Culture in the UK

This workshop explains many aspects of University culture that might be unfamiliar to international or new students: who everyone is, how things work, how you learn, how we teach, how you are assessed and how to ask for help. 

Dissertation/Project/Independent Study Module Wellbeing

These sessions will help you manage the stresses and worries around your independent study module. This has been delivered to both undergraduates and postgraduates. 

For Postgraduate Research Students and Early Career Researchers: Managing Work/Life Balance

In collaboration with with the Early Careers Network, Open Door Practitioners and Wellbeing Officers delivered this session on balancing teaching and researching alongside your other commitments. Topics include work/life balance, stress management, anxiety response, imposter syndrome, and perfectionsim. This will hopefully be of interest to ECRs, PGRs, and GTAs. 

Managing August Assessment Stress

This workshop was specifically for students either resitting exams, taking exams 'as if for the first time' as a result of a successful exceptional circumstances claim, or for students who deferred exams due to a self-certification.  

Active Wellbeing

This online session detailed the benefits to your wellbeing of sport, exercise, being outdoors and being in nature, as well as opportunities to do this in York.

Winter Wellbeing

The cold weather and dark days of winter can be a challenge to our wellbeing. Many of us may experience the ‘winter blues' and this workshop explains that challenge, and provides guidance, advice and support, so that you can counter it and prevent it.