Student Life at Oxford

Advice on how journaling can help you to improve your mental health & wellbeing, by Femke Stokes. A transcript of this podcast is available to download in PDF format in the 'Download Media' section of this page. Podcast author: Femke Stokes.

A podcast to help students consider how best to use digital devices during the COVID-19 lockdown. A blog on digital distractions can be found on the welfare coronavirus advice page https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/welfare/counselling/coronavirus Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Podcast by Ulrik Lyngs and Maureed Freed. A transcript of this podcast is available here: https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/Your%20Digital%20Life%20During%20Lockdown%20transcript.pdf Podcast notes and action steps can be viewed here: https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/Digital%20Life%20Notes.pdf

A short audio podcast offering advice and support for Oxford finalists The Counselling Service has produced a helpful podcast for finalists who are struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. The podcast provides valuable advice about managing your wellbeing and what you can do to help you prepare mentally and physically for your exams. ( Music titled - Easy Lemon by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3697-easy-lemon License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )

This podcast addresses some of the worries and pre-conceptions that can get in the way of accessing student counselling services. This podcast acknowledges and addresses some of the worries and pre-conceptions that can get in the way of accessing counselling, even for those who are on some level aware that they could really benefit. We hope that listening to this podcast will give you some useful encouragement, and will help you across the threshold and into our service. By Maureen Freed.

This podcast episode offers a selection of the messages and tips our counsellors offer to finalists. This podcast episode offers a selection of the messages our counsellors offer to finalists who come to see us as they enter the home straight. Finalists are individuals, with different stories, academic ambition levels, and circumstances, and it is impossible to offer advice that is helpful to all. However, most listeners will find at least one thing on this list that feels relevant and helpful. We invite you to listen for that one thing and to commit yourself to making use of it. By Maureen Freed.

Some ideas to help students respond differently to their anxiety about needing to be perfect.

A conversation between Oxford University Counsellors about ways in which perfectionism impacts on the student experience.

This podcast explores some of the emotional challenges faced by international students.

This podcast focuses on the exam itself, just prior to it, and what might help you to feel prepared.

In this section there are some useful reminders of how to start planning for revision by taking stock of knowledge to date , choices of topic and starting to plan and timetable your revision.

This is for any student who is preparing for taking exams at any point in their course. The podcast aims to start to identify ways of achieving a balanced approach to thinking about exams.

This second podcast invites you to engage in two brief, meditative and compassionate exercises to further develop your inner resource of self-compassion.

This introductory podcast explores the concept of developing your inner resource of self-compassion and the skills required for this.

This podcast considers how personal difficulties arise and manifest amongst otherwise successful students.

This podcast offers food for thought to students who are feeling torn between suspending their studies in response to a setback - for example a period of mental or physical illness - or carrying on with their studies. By Maureen Freed.

If you are having difficulty sleeping this podcast has some straightforward suggestions for improving your sleep. Created by the Oxford University Counselling Service.

This is a short meditation, a breathing space, to help you to feel calm and focused in the midst of a busy day, or to use when feeling stressed or overwhelmed. Created by the Oxford University Counselling Service.

Exploring overwork at Oxford, this podcast is for students who struggle to balance their work with other life activities, and find the balance tipping heavily towards their work. Created by the Oxford University Counselling Service.

Designed for any student who might be significantly older than their peers at the University and who might be dealing with particular issues as a result of this. Created by the Oxford University Counselling Service.

The second 'Can't work' podcast contains strategies that will help you to start working again. Created by the Oxford University Counselling Service.

For students who are finding it difficult to work. You might be lacking motivation, or finding it difficult to get beyond imagining criticism and judgements. Created by the Oxford University Counselling Service.

The Oxford University Counselling Service provides practical advice on Freshers’ Week and beyond to help new undergraduates take the challenges in their stride. Text by Maureen Freed, read by Kevin Halon.