The endemic nature of student stress and its potentially negative effects on student health and effective learning would indicate that strategies to tackle this problem should be a central feature of the student support services of all good universities.

In fact, a cursory review on most UK university student services shows that advice and support which specifically addresses the adverse effects of stress across the student body is patchy at best.

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Stress has been described as a modern epidemic and is the second most commonly reported work-related illness.[i] Increases have been reported in a wide variety of groups and occupations and higher education is no exception. Evidence suggests that levels of student stress have risen significantly over the last thirty years or so.

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