Helping anxious students

By Nicola Koper. I’ve had a few reminders lately that university students represent a particular subset of the population. Like most of their professors, a lot of our students are type-A, hard-working, driven and perhaps tend towards overachievement. Traits that most of us can sympathize with. While these personality traits may well have brought them to their current level of success, they can also lead to levels of anxiety and stress that less passionate students never have to face. The vast majority of professors care not just about the academic performance of students, but also about their personal well-being, and indeed the two can influence each other. Read more...