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07 September 2026 – Tie a SCARF round your emotions

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. We’ve been talking about feedback from students, with the thread of anxiety and stress running through it. Here’s a quote from a first-year Engineering…

31 August 2026 – Staying Sane (and Healthy) 2

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. This is the second in our little series on keeping your body healthy so that your mind can relax and learn and even enjoy…

24 August 2026 – Staying Sane (and Healthy)

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. During the first semester, we at StudyTrust had a lot of conversations with students. One theme came through loud and clear: mental health is…

17 August 2026 – Feeling like an Imposter

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. Have you ever sat in a lecture, looked around the room, and thought, “These people are all so smart and capable. I’m not. I…

10 August 2026 – The Boring Essentials: Structure and Discipline

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. Here’s a rude wake-up call on a Monday morning: there are only three months left before the final exams. But … breathe out, relax, it is very…

3 August 2026 – Understanding is like building a puzzle

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. In your coursework, you are often confronted with big, intimidating blocks of information. Especially if you’re not a great reader, it may feel overwhelming…

27 July 2026 – Setting Realistic Expectations

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. Early in this second semester I want to give you something to stick up above your desk to think about every time things feel…

20 July 2026 – Your Phone can be a Career Roadblock

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. At the beginning of this new term I want to make a rather startling point: your phone, without which you feel so lost and…

13 July 2026 – Back to School

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. One of these days you will be returning to university after the winter break. It may feel daunting! Take a deep breath and acknowledge how…

06 July 2026 – A Recipe for Coping with Stress

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. You’re on holiday at the moment, blissfully free of all the tensions and stresses of campus life, but soon you will be going back…
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