Workshops
The Counselling and Mental Health Service also offers a wide range of workshops, which are bookable through their website here (http://www.counsellingservice.manchester.ac.uk/workshops/).
Get prepared: strategies for managing exam stress (on campus)
Almost everyone feels nervous before an exam. Butterflies in the stomach and worrying thoughts are probably familiar to all students. In fact, a certain amount of nervous tension probably helps us perform to the best of our ability, producing a rush of adrenaline that helps us to feel alert and focused. However, too much anxiety can block thoughts, create a negative frame of mind, and lead to panic and poor exam performance.
These workshops provide an introduction to some practical suggestions about how to manage anxiety, and will include some simple relaxation techniques to help you practise staying calm.
Booking on
Due to popularity, booking onto the event is essential to ensure a place.
Further support
Talk to us online via Library Chat now. Alternatively, you can email us for advice at tls@manchester-uk.libanswers.com.

Managing procrastination (on campus)
We all procrastinate to some extent. It may even be necessary to let things percolate in the mind before putting pen to paper or finger to keyboard. But when you find that you simply cant get down to work yet dream of handing in the perfect piece of work, that nagging guilt spoils your leisure time, that you are becoming increasingly self-critical about your abilities, then its probably time to tackle your procrastination.
We will seek to understand the causes of procrastination and look at practical ways to overcome it.
Booking on
Due to popularity, booking onto the event is essential to ensure a place.
Further support
Talk to us online via Library Chat now. Alternatively, you can email us for advice at tls@manchester-uk.libanswers.com.
We are running this event more than once on the following dates and times:
Tue 29 Apr 2025, 13:00 - 14:30 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() | ||
Tue 13 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:30 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() | ||
Tue 27 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:30 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() |
Show Up and Study! (on campus)
The purpose of these sessions is to bring students together to revise or prepare for upcoming assignments. Not only does this guarantee you a revision space during the busy exam and assessment period, but the session also aims to offer the opportunity to work quietly and independently in a supportive, collaborative and motivating environment with other students. The session will run over two hours and there will be 10-minute breaks scheduled in between revision slots of 30 minutes to help keep you motivated and on-task. At the end of the session, there will also be time to reflect on and share your revision experiences with other students and consider how we might best support one another.
Booking on
Due to popularity, booking onto the event is essential to ensure a place.
Further support
Talk to us online via Library Chat now. Alternatively, you can email us for advice at tls@manchester-uk.libanswers.com.
We are running this event more than once on the following dates and times:
Wed 30 Apr 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() | ||
Fri 2 May 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() | ||
Tue 6 May 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() | ||
Fri 9 May 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() | ||
Mon 12 May 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() | ||
Thu 15 May 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() | ||
Wed 21 May 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() | ||
Fri 23 May 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() | ||
Tue 27 May 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() | ||
Fri 30 May 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() |
Assessment support: revision and preparation (on campus)
A workshop focused on practical revision tips and advice ensuring you maximise your efficiency and focus on the build up to assessments. Come and spend some time with our teaching and learning team to consider how your revision system can be refined, aligning your revision with your assessment for efficient time management. There will be time to connect the workshop to your own specific assessments with support from our team, including experienced students.
Booking on
Due to popularity, booking onto the event is essential to ensure a place.
Further support
Can't make this session? Talk to us online via Library Chat now, or send us an email: tls@manchester-uk.libanswers.com.
We are running this event more than once on the following dates and times:
Thu 1 May 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() | ||
Thu 8 May 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() |
Reducing the stress of perfectionism (on campus)
Perfectionism has a way of robbing us of that glow of achievement and ultimately making us miserable. Having high standards is good but not if they make everything in life so challenging that we are exhausted before we have even started!
If you find that you are never really satisfied with your achievements, spend a lot of time procrastinating rather than working and are increasingly self-critical, then this could be the workshop for you.
Booking on
Due to popularity, booking onto the event is essential to ensure a place.
Further support
Talk to us online via Library Chat now. Alternatively, you can email us for advice at tls@manchester-uk.libanswers.com.
We are running this event more than once on the following dates and times:
Tue 6 May 2025, 12:00 - 13:30 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() | ||
Tue 20 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:30 BST (GMT+1) | Find out more ![]() |
Assessment support - applying your knowledge (on campus)
A workshop focused on taking your revision to the next level by focusing on the connections and links between your course areas. Spend some time exploring how your studies so far piece together to ensure that you are fully prepared for your assessments with strategies to connect, explore and apply your understanding making the crucial links and unlocking your grades. There will be time to connect the strategies in the workshop to your individual circumstances and assessment model with support from our teaching and learning team, including experienced students.
Booking on
Due to popularity, booking onto the event is essential to ensure a place.
Further support
Talk to us online via Library Chat now. Alternatively, you can email us for advice at tls@manchester-uk.libanswers.com.
