What is Study Mentoring (Mental Health)?
Study Mentoring (Mental Health) is designed to offer you collaborative and solution-focused support to help you build confidence and agency while at university.
What have students said about Study Mentoring (Mental Health)?
"I feel suitably armed going into this new chapter with the advice that has been provided to me. I feel more emboldened to make and trust in my own decisions"
Accessing Study Mentoring (Mental Health)?
How to access Study Mentoring (Mental Health)?
Study Mentoring (Mental Health) is available to students with a recognised mental health or physical health diagnosis or who are neurodivergent. Students can go through DAS to be referred. Where students don't have a diagnosis, they can be referred via the Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Service.
What is expected from students?
Students need to be able to commit to attending appointments regularly.
What can your Study Mentor (Mental Health) support you with?
Study Mentors
Study Mentoring (Mental Health) can help you to navigate challenges that you may be experiencing in your studies or your time as a student at university. With your Study Mentor, you'll work collaboratively on your academic goals whilst maintaining good mental health.
Themes we can support you with
- Stress
- Work/Life balance
- Motivation
- Perfectionism
- Procrastination
- Low Confidence
- Social Anxiety
Strategies and skills they may work on with you
- Planning and goal setting
- Breaking down tasks
- Transitioning between tasks
- Self-talk
- Getting started
- Communication
- Regulating and managing emotions
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many sessions can we offer you?
- How frequently do you meet?
- Do I need to bring anything to the sessions?
- Is it like Counselling?
- Is it the same as Study Skills?
- Is it confidential?
- Can I be supported when I'm abroad?
The number of sessions will vary according to your own specific diagnosis, needs, eligibility for the service and the stage that you're at at university.
Sessions can be weekly, or less frequent. This will be something you and your mentor will agree on together.
You do not need to bring anything. Your mentor and you will decide on the content of the sessions and what areas to work on.
No. Professional Study Mentoring is not the same as counselling. While Counselling focuses on personal or psychological issues, Study Mentoring is typically goal-oriented and centered on academic development. However, Study Mentoring can sometimes touch on personal challenges if they affect progress, which creates some overlap but does not replace trained counselling support.
While there may be overlaps with Study Skills, the focus of Study Mentoring is on building approaches that help you study independently and meet academic expectations, offering learning support that strengthens your study practices and academic confidence. It also places greater emphasis on your emotions and thoughts, and how these may influence your academic experience
What gets discussed in mentoring sessions stays confidential. The only time we may need to break confidentiality is in exceptional circumstances where we feel you or someone else is at risk of harm.
For future information, please see the Confidentiality & Data Protection Policy.
Study Mentoring (Mental Health) is only available to students enrolled in the UK.
Imperial's Learning Well Project
The Learning Well Programme offers a range of interactive sessions where students can learn about effective approaches to their studies that also support their wellbeing. For more information, see here.