So, Freshers Week and its slightly shabbier sibling ‘Welcome Week 2’ are finished. Some people are battling Freshers flu, others are recovering from it, and I’m sure some are using it as an excuse to miss their 9ams. I’m afraid I won’t be revealing which category I fall into… From the Societies’ Fayre to Big…
Nightline Awareness Week 2018
With UK student satisfaction at an all time low, according to continued decreases in average satisfaction levels in the National Student Survey, it is more important than ever that students feel like they have somewhere to talk about their struggles. From 19 – 25 November, Nightline Awareness Week promoted the listening service Nightline within the…
Nightline offering pregnancy tests
Nightline, the student organised listening service, has started offering free pregnancy tests to students in need. Nightline provide a free and confidential service for students who need someone to talk to about worries during the night. They stock the First Response early response tests, which can detect a pregnancy six days before a missed period….
Nightline to host awareness week
UEA’s student-led confidential listening and support service, Nightline, will be running an awareness week next week from the 20th-24th of November. The focus of the week is on self-care, and the organisation is partnering with several societies to provide a range of activities which promote and encourage self-care. There will be a different event to…
A night with Nightline
The first rule of Nightline is: you do not talk about Nightline. The organisation, above everything, values anonymity. This allows them to protect their callers and volunteers alike. They won’t tell you to get therapy, they won’t offer you advice, so what do they do? I spent a night with Nightline to find out. I…
Fit for purpose space for Nightline at last
Volunteers of UEA’s student-led listening service have said they feel positive their new space is suitable going into the new term. Nightline, a service students can call overnight to talk about anything, had faced problems last year when they were relocated from a Ziggurat room to a section of the Library. The Library’s regulations meant…
Nightline interview: why we should talk more about mental health
UEA’s student run support service, Nightline, is a way in which students can anonymously talk about anything. Open between 8pm and 8am seven days a week during term time, Nightline volunteers are trained to listen to whatever people feel they need to say. Nightline offers a wide variety of ways to get in touch including…
University commits to relocating Nightline
The university has said that they will commit to the relocation of Nightline from the UEA Library to a space fit for purpose by the end of this academic year. The listening service are currently using a room in the Library where volunteers cannot eat or sleep, following being forced to move from their old…
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