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Managing Exam anxiety and Academic Stress
Nexus Student Support Ltd

Practical tools for supporting students with exam anxiety and academic stress

Summary

Price
£135 inc VAT
Or £45.00/mo. for 3 months...
Study method
Online, On Demand 
Course format
5 PDFs and 5 Assessments
Duration
0.4 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
Certificates
  • Certificate of completion - Free
  • Reed Courses Certificate of Completion - Free

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Overview

This beginner-level introductory professional learning course provides practical, accessible guidance for understanding and supporting students experiencing exam anxiety and academic stress.

The course explores how academic pressure can affect thoughts, emotions, physical wellbeing, concentration, motivation, sleep and study behaviours. Learners are introduced to CBT-informed coaching principles, cognitive reframing, grounding techniques and emotional-regulation strategies that can be used within appropriate non-clinical support roles.

The course covers:

  • Understanding academic stress and exam anxiety
  • The relationship between thoughts, emotions, physical responses and behaviour
  • CBT-informed coaching and cognitive reframing
  • Recognising unhelpful thinking patterns and avoidance
  • Grounding techniques and emotional regulation
  • Practical preparation for exam-related stress
  • Supportive communication and person-centred coaching
  • Professional boundaries, safeguarding and referral
  • Supporting students without diagnosing or providing therapy
  • Reflective and sustainable support practice

Through applied examples, case-based learning and practical activities, learners will develop greater confidence in recognising signs of exam-related distress and responding in a calm, respectful and appropriately boundaried way.

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Curriculum

This course contains

Format: 5 PDFs and 5 Assessments

Duration: 0h and 25m

Description

Exams and looming deadlines can leave a student too wound up to think clearly, revise properly, or sit the
exam at all. This course helps with that. It gives mentors, coaches, and support staff practical ways to
support a student in the moment, and to help them build coping skills that last beyond one bad exam week.
Three things sit at the centre of it: understanding why stress and anxiety happen, CBT-informed coaching
techniques, and grounding strategies for the body. All of it stays within the limits of a non-clinical support
role. Stress and anxiety do not look the same for every student, so that variation is built into the course from
the start rather than added on afterward. The need for this kind of support has grown: the proportion of UK
students disclosing a mental health condition to their university rose from under 1% in 2010/11 to 5.8% in
2022/23 (Lewis & Stiebahl, 2025).

Who is this course for?

The course is suitable for students, mentors, tutors, university staff and professionals who support learners experiencing academic stress. No previous clinical, counselling or CBT experience is required.

This programme does not qualify learners to diagnose mental-health conditions, provide clinical CBT or psychotherapy, or manage risk independently. Learners should follow their organisation’s safeguarding, emergency, confidentiality, information-sharing and referral procedures.

Requirements

No formal qualifications or previous clinical, counselling or CBT experience are required.

Learners should:

  • Have an interest in student wellbeing, academic support or emotional regulation
  • Be able to understand written and spoken English
  • Have basic digital skills and access to the internet for online study
  • Be willing to engage with case examples and practical activities
  • Understand the importance of professional boundaries, confidentiality and safeguarding

Experience as a student, mentor, tutor, university staff member, support worker or education professional may be helpful but is not essential.

Career path

This course can support individuals who are developing or strengthening careers in student support, education, wellbeing and pastoral care.

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