If you’re struggling with academic stress, you might find it helpful to:
- Speak with your departmental Wellbeing Adviser, who is there to offer confidential pastoral support and assist you in managing academic concerns, such as mitigating circumstances.
- Speak with your personal tutor or your senior tutor, who are there to offer advice regarding academic matters and guide and support you in handling individual student problems or queries.
- Attend one of our ‘Procrastination to Productivity’ workshops, delivered termly, to help explore reasons you may be struggling to get started with your work and practical tools to help you manage your time.
- Attend one of our ‘Stress Less for Exam Success’ workshops, delivered in November, May, and July before exam periods begin.
- Attend a PhD Reflection Group with the Imperial College Chaplaincy
- Apply for mitigating circumstances if needed
- Attend one of the Library’s Study Skills Workshops
- Speak with an Advice caseworker from the Imperial College Union who provide guidance on university regulations, appeals, mitigating circumstances, academic misconduct, fitness to practice, fitness to study, disciplinaries and issues with your supervisor
- Attend one of the many webinars delivered by the Imperial College Health Centre, on topics such as Enhancing Performance, Concentration, Imposter Syndrome, Preparing for Exams and Procrastination.
- Read the Student minds academic guide .
Urgent Care
If you need urgent help please contact your doctor, or Imperial College Health Centre on 020 7584 6301.
You can also ask to see someone at the Accident and Emergency department of your nearest hospital. Information about your local A&E services can be found here - Find your nearest A&E - NHS (www.nhs.uk) Call 999 if you need help straight away
Other urgent out of hours mental health support
Samaritans - for people experience high levels of distress including suicidal feelings. Call 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org, this service is 24 hours.
Shout crisis text service - offers a 24 hour text service, free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. Text 'SHOUT' to 85258.