• Dealing With: Depression

    The 'Dealing With' series will focus on exploring different issues that we will all possibly face every day or once in our lifetime: Depression, Anxiety, Toxicity and Trauma.

    Depression can be hard. It's a constant battle of overwhelming thoughts, mood swings, an array of emotions and many more symptoms; and...
  • My Summer Break…down and How It Made Me Build Myself Up Again

    When the pace of the academic year is suddenly halted by the summer break, there are certain ups and downs to navigate. Ed Farley discusses his experience this summer, and what he's been doing for himself, to reset and recharge....
  • The Controversy Behind Calorie Labelling

    From April 2022, the UK government has made it mandatory for food retailers with over 250 employees to put calorie information on their menus. They claim that this “wider strategy to tackle obesity, will help to ensure people are able to make more informed, healthier choices when it comes...
  • Part 2: An Eating Disorder That’s Part Of Me

    I can’t stress enough how mentally draining this disorder is. Whilst many people can stroll into the kitchen and see what food is speaking to them at that moment, I would mentally plan out the night before what I’d be having so I got the ‘right’, ‘healthy’ combination....
  • Part 1: An Eating Disorder That’s Part Of Me

    WHERE TO START? Well, maybe I should explain why I’m writing this, despite the fact that the thought of others reading this terrifies me. Eating disorders are complex, completely unique to everyone who suffers from one; it’s a common belief that body image is the sole initiator of an...
  • Meet the Candidates 2021: Alex Taylor for Welfare and Wellbeing Officer

    Alex Taylor is running in the 2021 SU elections for the role of Welfare and Wellbeing Officer. Impact’s Jasmin Lemarie caught up with him to ask him a few questions....
  • Weekly Wellbeing Write-up: How To Take Quality Breaks To Stay Productive

    University Students have worked from home before, it is one of the positives of higher education, but the pandemic meant that working from home has become the new reality for many and is often no longer a choice. By taking away this choice, it has now become far more...