Stay Resourceful While You Study

Entering higher education is a huge adjustment - between adapting to a new environment, meeting deadlines and trying to make new friends, the pressure of staying on top of everything can often be too much. This book acknowledges the emotional shift that occurs when a student goes to university and offers advice and strategies to help them to deal with a new set of situations that may be academically and or personally stressful and challenging.

Written by the award-winning student mental health expert Dr Dominique Thompson, this handy guide acknowledges the huge emotional shift that occurs when a student goes on to further education offering advice and strategies to help them deal with new situations that may be academically and/or personally stressful and challenging.

It outlines some of the reasons why it is particularly difficult for young adults to deal with the upheaval of starting further study and goes on to offer evidence-based approaches to help manage the transition. With insightful material from students who describe the unique pressures they experience - and how they dealt with them - this is a very practical book. From developing a "grit" mindset to strategies around social connectedness, readers will learn ways to help them develop resilient life strategies and grow because of their experiences.

Dr. Dominique Thompson has worked with university students for nearly two decades, and in 2017 contributed towards a landmark report on the nation's student wellbeing, as well as being involved in the Mental Wellbeing in Higher Education working group of Universities UK. Dr Thompson now works with universities across the UK on their mental health strategies, as well as providing training to university staff.

She was named Bristol Healthcare Professional of the Year 2017. In 2019 she was nominated as one of the Top 100 West Women of the Year. Dominique has helped design apps and websites to support student mental health and writes books on the topic. She has been interviewed widely, including by The Guardian and BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Her books are written with the aim of helping young people and their parents to feel more supported when dealing with stress, gaining independence and resilience