Being at university can be a stressful time, and your workload may feel like it is getting on top of you. Everyone certainly feels like this at some stage of their degree but there is help available and there is always someone for you to console in and express your problems and worries. This might not always be a psychological or mental health issue, this also could include if you are a student with a learning difficulty of disability. Luckily, the University of Cumbria provides a health and wellbeing service to insure that the students attending have the best experience and healthiest experience possible while studying with the university.
Psychological Services:
- Counselling
- Therapy
- Mental health mentoring
Counselling and therapy may seem like a scary concept and, actually telling someone how you feel can also be intimidating. If you are feeling that you can no longer cope quite seriously or if you are simply just feeling about down, like missing home for example the mental health team are their to support you and help you through this difficult time. It's important to remember that no problem is too small or large and every single problem matters.
You can make an appointment with the trained and qualified members of staff that are available on campus by a number of ways:
Online referral form: www.survey.bris.ac.uk/cumbria/ref_form
Or there are a range of self-help books available: http://www.cumbria.ac.uk/StudentLife/Support/HealthWellbeing/SelfHelp.aspx
If you would feel more comfortable talking to someone in the local GP surgeries in Lancaster you can register or find information from the two practices:
Dalton Square Surgery Practice: www.daltonsquare.co.uk/contact1.aspx
King Street and University Medical Practice: www.kingstandunipractice.co.uk/
Disability and Learning Difficulty Services:
The university does its best to ensure that anyone with a disability of any form who is on campus will have a pleasurable and problem free experience while being there. A disability questionnaire is available (www.cumbria.ac.uk/Public/LISS/Documents/Equality/DisabilityQuestionnaire.docx) that you can return to LiSS, which is located in the library building on Lancaster campus, so the university can assess you needs and do their best to ensure you have the necessary quality care you may requite.
Learning difficulties are something many students struggle with such as dyslexia. If you are concerned that you have a learning difficulty then you must get in contact with your LiSS team immediately so necessary actions can be taken to ensure that you have the best quality of teaching and learning for your specific degree. This may mean that you will have to undergo a serious of tests and examinations so the team can understand better the extent of your learning difficulty, but this is only to ensure that the university can then put in place ways and means for learning to become easier for you personally, as these effect everyone differently.
For more information on learning difficulties: www.cumbria.ac.uk/StudentLife/Support/Disability/SpecificLearningDifficulties.aspx
The most important thing for you to remember as a student is that there is a range of help and services available for you to ensure that you are staying physically and mentally well while studying.
