Workshops for students
Managing Exam and deadline stress
We would like to support you whenever you find yourself in distress and we appreciate that around exams and submissions your time is very limited.
Here you will find a guide to Managing Exam and Deadlines Stress. It will help you understand why you are getting overwhelmed and manage your stress, prioritise your tasks and successfully complete your academic to do list.
You might also find helpful listening to our Exam Relaxation Podcast.
Online workshops
The Wellbeing Service has curated a series of online workshops that we think you will find helpful. You will be able to access those at any time.
Mindful Exercises for Everyday Life
Managing Exam and Assignment Stress
Online workshop tutorials on topics such as assertiveness and perfectionism
Live workshop schedule 2024/25
The Wellbeing Service runs a number of online and in-person workshops to help students make the most of their time at university.
Term 1
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Thriving with ADHD: A supportive workshop for university students with confirmed or suspected adhd
- This online session will provide essential information for students who are stuggling to manage ADHD symptoms. The session has been developed by Birkbeck’s Counselling Services and the Learning and Development team.
- The session will use a mix of slides, example case studies and a reflective discussion and you will able to raise your own questions throughout. The aim is to provide an informed and supportive forum for students who might be struggling with issues like: Difficulty focusing on a task, difficulty prioritizing and poor planning, trouble following instructions and completing tasks, trouble multitasking.
- Thursday 24 October 2024, 1-2.30pm
- Book your ticket for the Thriving with ADHD workshop
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Bereavement and Loss
- An online workshop designed to explore bereavement and loss. We will look at the issues that have touched us all in recent times, be it the loss of a job, a familiar way of life or the loss of a loved one. Together we will reflect on the painful but important process of grieving, mourning and coming to terms with our losses.
- Wednesday 30 October 2024, 3-4.30pm
- Book your ticket for the Bereavement and Loss workshop
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Navigating endings and transitions
- The ending of the familiar and beginning of the unfamiliar can be an unsettling time. This workshop aims to provide a space to understand how we experience transitions in our lives and how we can navigate them better.
- Thursday 21 November 2024, 2-3.30pm
- Book your ticket for the Navigating Endings and Transitions workshop
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Creating and Maintaining Meaningful Connections
- This in-person workshop aims to seek a greater understanding of how to create and maintain meaningful connections with ourselves and others. This is a reflective workshop which will explore meaningful connections, self and relationships.
- Thursday 3 December 2024, 1-2.30pm
- Book your ticket for the Creating and Maintaining Meaningful Connections workshop
Term 2
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Bereavement and Loss
- An online workshop designed to explore bereavement and loss. We will look at the issues that have touched us all in recent times, be it the loss of a job, a familiar way of life or the loss of a loved one. Together we will reflect on the painful but important process of grieving, mourning and coming to terms with our losses.
- Tuesday 28 January 2025, 2-3.30pm
- Book your ticket for the Bereavement and Loss workshop
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Creating and Maintaining Meaningful Connections
- This in-person workshop aims to seek a greater understanding of how to create and maintain meaningful connections with ourselves and others. This is a reflective workshop which will explore meaningful connections, self and relationships.
- Wednesday 12 February 2025, 2-3.30pm
- Book your ticket for the Creating and Maintaining Meaningful Connections workshop
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THRIVING WITH ADHD: A SUPPORTIVE WORKSHOP FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WITH CONFIRMED OR SUSPECTED ADHD
- This in-person session will provide a supportive space for students living with ADHD symptoms. The session has been developed by Birkbeck's Counselling Services and Study Skills team.
- The workshop will be in two parts: the first, an exercise to guide discussion about living with characteristics of ADHD. This will be followed by an open reflective space to acknowledge the impact, and identify shared experiences, benefits and strategies. Further details are provided in the event description.
- Thursday 13 February 2025, 3.30-5pm
- Book your ticket for the Thriving with ADHD workshop.
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Diversity and Inclusion
- An online workshop which aims to explore difference in its various forms so that we can begin to have conversations that are more inclusive and allow us to see people as their whole selves, i.e. as fellow human beings and not as stereotypes.
- Thursday 13 March 2025, 5-6.30pm
- Book your ticket for the Diversity and Inclusion workshop.
Term 3
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Thriving with ADHD: A supportive workshop for university students with diagnosed or suspected ADHD
- This online session will provide a supportive space for students living with ADHD symptoms. The session has been developed by Birkbeck's Counselling Services and Study Skills team.
- Thursday 12th June 2025, 2.30-4pm
- Book your ticket for the Thriving with ADHD workshop.
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Bereavement and Loss
- An online workshop designed to explore bereavement and loss. We will look at the issues that have touched us all in recent times, be it the loss of a job, a familiar way of life or the loss of a loved one. Together we will reflect on the painful but important process of grieving, mourning and coming to terms with our losses.
- Wednesday 21 May 2025, 3-4.30pm
- Book your ticket for the Bereavement and Loss workshop
- An online workshop designed to explore bereavement and loss. We will look at the issues that have touched us all in recent times, be it the loss of a job, a familiar way of life or the loss of a loved one. Together we will reflect on the painful but important process of grieving, mourning and coming to terms with our losses.
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Diversity and Inclusion
- An online workshop which aims to explore difference in its various forms so that we can begin to have conversations that are more inclusive and allow us to see people as their whole selves, i.e. as fellow human beings and not as stereotypes.
- Thursday 5 June 2025, 2-3.30pm
- Book your ticket for the Diversity and Inclusion workshop
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Navigating endings and transitions
- The ending of the familiar and beginning of the unfamiliar can be an unsettling time. This workshop aims to provide a space to understand how we experience transitions in our lives and how we can navigate them better.
- Friday 20 June 2025, 11am-12.30pm
- Book your ticket for the Navigating Ending and Transitions workshop.