Three, four, five weeks in - first year university students are settling in, facing some challenges and asking some questions.

So we thought we would have a go at providing some answers to their questions.

The answers are not definitive, the aim - to provide suggestions for ways student can think about a particular challenge or situation and where appropriate consider what action they would like to take.

In this episode we respond to the question:

Suddenly all I want to do is go home. What is going on with me?

Take a listen to our reply. We hope it provides some helpful tips.

And if you like, follow up with some of the suggested resources shared at the end of the episode..

Listen to:

Episode 47: Lean into Student Life: Experiencing a Dip or Feeling Homesick, Five Tips to Help you Cope. HERE

Episode 23: The Wellbeing Bucket HERE

Also, go to Successful Student Transitions.com to find out more about the work we do and content and support that is available.

In this short episode we give an answer to a students question.

Our answers aim to provide suggestions for ways students can think about a particular challenge, and where appropriate consider what action they would like to take.

In this episode we respond to the question:

I'm exhausted, it's been busy and stressful, what can I do?

Take a listen to our reply. We hope it provides some helpful tips.

And if you like, follow up with some of the suggested resources shared at the end of the episode..

Listen to:

Episode 81: Student Voices Marianne HERE

Episode 27: Wellbeing Fundamentals Do you Rest Enough? HERE

And Episode 23: The Wellbeing Bucket HERE

Also, go to Successful Student Transitions.com to find out more about the work we do and content and support that is available.

This is a great listen for students going to university and for parents, educators, counsellors, mentors who are supporting them in this transition.

In this podcast Evie has completed term one and is about to start term two.

Discover what Evie has to say about the following:

• The usefulness of broad advice and the applying it to your experience.
• Setting priorities and managing demands with flexibility.
• The importance of taking care of yourself.
• Coping with a dip as part of the transition process.
• The benefit of knowing that everyone's university experience is unique to them.

Additional listening related to this episode:

Episode 9, Nurturing Supportive Relationships HERE

Episode 28, Relationships Matter. HERE

Episode 29, Coping with Relationship Challenges HERE

Episode 26, eating healthily on a budget thank you so much for listening. HERE

For more resources, information and support go to SuccessfulStudentTransitions.com

In this short episode we give an answer to a students question.

Our answers aim to provide suggestions for ways students can think about a particular challenge, and where appropriate consider what action they would like to take.

In this episode we respond to the question:

"I've met lots of people but I'm still feeling alone".

Take a listen to our reply. We hope it provides some helpful tips.

And if you like, follow up with some of the suggested resources shared at the end of the episode..

Listen to

Episode 39: Lean into Student Life - Five tips for making friends at university HERE

Episode 28, Well-being Fundamentals, Relationships that Matter HERE

Also, go to Successful Student Transitions.com to find out more about the work we do and content and support that is available.

This is a great listen for students going to university and for parents, educators, counsellors and mentors who are supporting them in this transition.

In this podcast, Sam has his first university term under his belt and is just about to start term two.

Listen as Sam shares:

• The questions he asked of friends and family to help prime himself for the move to university.
• How embracing small things helped give him a sense of meaning and enjoyment.
• Why an open mind in times of change is so important.
• His opinion of the link between effort and making new friends.
• The benefit of getting yourself organised.

This is a great listen for students going to university and for the parents, educators, counsellors and mentors, who are supporting them in this transition.

In this podcast, we interview Marianne in her first year at university after a gap year. It's a conversation full of insights and helpful tips for students about to embark on their university journey.

Listen as Marianne shares:

• The importance of knowing what the important aspects of university life are for you, is it place, the course, flexibility in studying, near to home or something else?
• The difference between learning at school and learning at university.
• The experience of the first term and how it can be a little overwhelming.
• The importance of choosing 'me time' in order to recharge your batteries, It's hard to put your best foot forward 24 - 7
• It's another transition when you go home for the Christmas break.

This is a great listen for students going to University and for the parents, educators/counsellors/mentors who are supporting them in this transition.

In this podcast, Toby had just started University with all the newness of the first term behind him.

There are 5 important takeaways from Toby. Listen and find out what Toby has to say about the following:

• It will likely be a journey of ups and downs. How does Toby suggest you cope?
• You have to grow up to become an adult very quickly, why does Toby say this?.
• Make the most of the first weeks, why was this important for Toby?
• What does Toby say about finding the optimal balance of student life?
• What does Toby suggest you do to balance the 'overload' that can be a common feeling at the beginning?

In this episode the focus is on “the stayers”. At times of change, there will be some people leaving to go to a new place - a school, university or a new country. Time and effort is rightly focused on creating a good goodbye for the leavers.

And there will be people staying put who will be experiencing change as people around them leave.

They also have to learn to adjust to this change, something not of their making.

We likely have all have felt what it is like to be a leaver and a stayer at some point. As a stayer, were the changes and your responses ever acknowledged? It can be hard to be a stayer.

In relation to the university transition, students on a gap year and parents are examples of stayers.

Listen as Louise and Elizabeth discuss:

• Who are the stayers and why it’s important to bring focus to this group
• The challenges of being a stayer
• Using the RAFT framework to support stayers

And if you are just starting university or responsible for young adults who are, take a look at our new course: Thrive in Your First Weeks at University: A framework for adjusting and settling well. HERE