The University of Manchester’s Six Ways to Wellbeing helps students and staff to make positive changes to keep feeling good and living well. We want to demonstrate how the different Ways to Wellbeing can be applied to these times of social distancing and self...

The Student Experience team are still available to answer your questions and point you in the direction of help and information. Please do contact us, either via salcstudents@manchester.ac.uk or through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.    Please see below for a...

After a night of tossing and turning, do you find yourself reaching for a muffin for breakfast and sugary treats throughout the day? Don’t be so quick to blame poor self-control. Research shows that we have a natural tendency to seek out sweets and foods high in...

Become a Wellbeing Champion! Your University Student Wellbeing team are currently recruiting Wellbeing Champion volunteers to assist with the promotion of positive wellbeing across campus, through the University’s Six Ways to Wellbeing. If you’d like to: Boost...

It is World Mental Health Day today. To mark it the University has launched a free 24/7 online mental health resource - Big White Wall Everyone at the University of Manchester can access free online mental health and wellbeing support with Big White Wall, any time,...

Managing Stress When starting university, students will face new academic responsibilities and social experiences. This lifestyle change can trigger a variety of feelings, ranging from excitement and happiness to apprehension, anxiety and loneliness. These mixed...

All university students would agree that in order to achieve their best marks in both assignments and exams, hard work is required. However, with increased accountability for our own learning, it is often a struggle knowing how best to apply efforts in order to secure...

University life can be difficult sometimes especially in a new city, living with new people and attending a new University with new people on your course. If you need to talk to someone for advice or to talk about your feelings we have helplines you can use for...

1. The Great Manchester Run 10kThe Great Manchester Run on 19th May is the largest 10K in the UK consisting of around 25,000 participants each year. For the past 3 years, the University has hosted its very own purple wave. In 2019 we hope to create the biggest mass...