Dorm Room Decoration Ideas
Making your room a part of who you are is vital to settling in to University. One way you can do this is through adding personal touches to it; a certain… je ne sais...
Tagged: Wellbeing
Coping with change: Post-University
How Big is the Change? University is a time for exploration and discovering yourself. However when the partying has settled down and you are finishing your final dissertation in your last year you may...
How Coronavirus has Affected Our Mental Health
Mental health has become an increasingly talked about subject in the current climate. With the Coronavirus having loomed over us for many months, dominating our everyday interactions and ability to work, has this rare...
Different Forms of Chat
My Little Premise The other day, a friend told me about how terrible I used to be at “shooting the breeze”. How over University I’d improved my ability to talk more about nothing, and...
What is ME/CFS? An Interview – Part Two
Source: http://www.friendswithme.org.uk/ Before you read on… This interview has been split into two parts, and this is the second. To read the first half, go to the Derby Union website, or click the link...
Feeling all news’d out?
Feeling all-news’d out? My life used to revolve around an overabundance of news stories: I ate my breakfast to BBC Radio 4, scrolled endlessly through news stories on my phone throughout the day, keeping...
Smashing the 26.2 Mile Challenge: My Story
Thinking about putting on those shoes for a 26.2 mile run? Firstly, hats off to you. Earlier this year I succeeded in completing my first marathon. It was agonisingly hard work for months but...
World Mental Health Day – How to Cope in a Changing World.
The 10th October 2018 marks World Mental Health Day; entitled, ‘Young People and Mental health in a Changing World’.
Overcoming Your Biggest Fears
Starting life as a Fresher, coming back for Second Year and especially Third Year, all entail overcoming some kind of personal fear. If you’re just starting out you’re most likely to facing the fear...
Can’t say no? This is your permission.
It’s the beginning of a new term, and slowly, my diary is already filling up with social events, deadlines, work commitments and family-get-togethers. Right now – things are great; I am successfully managing an...
