You've Got This! - AHC Wellbeing Podcast

S4E3: Finding your place at Leeds

Join Martin Lloyd as he talks about one of the most important themes of university, as we come towards the end of the first term of 2025-26: how do you find your place?
As the nights draw in and the academic pressure ramps up, it's only natural to be worried about finding your place at university. Having often lived in the same place for a long time with similar friends, it can sometimes feel like it's difficult to find friends who share your interests, and therefore difficult to find your place in Leeds. For students in later years, there may be worries about leaving university now that you have found your place, as the struggle has evolved. 
Advice on how to deal with these thoughts and more is given on the latest edition of the You've Got This! Podcast, brought to you by AHC Wellbeing. 
We also have a special feature interview on accent bias with two members of the AHC Student Advisory Board, which links to the theme of belonging and 'finding your place'.
Use these links to:
Find out more about the Student Advisory Board here. 
Take a look at the UoL accent bias campaign.
Please do follow us to make sure you never miss an episode! You can also find us in your university inbox with our newsletter, in the Helix Makerspace for our Wednesday Wellbeing Cafes and on Instagram @AHCWellbeing. You can also follow Martin @martinlloydjourno on Instagram. 
This podcast was produced by the AHC Wellbeing Project at the University of Leeds. 
Thank you for listening!

S4E2: The Season of Student Housing

Join new host Martin Lloyd as he walks you through the key questions around student housing in Leeds.
Who should you rent with? How do you decide where to live? What is a good price?
These questions and more are answered in the episode, with help from two guests: Rocelle Castillo from Unipol and Sarah Al-Battat, the AHC Wellbeing Newsletter intern.
Please do follow us to make sure you never miss an episode! You can also find us in your university inbox with our newsletter, in the Helix Makerspace for our Wednesday Wellbeing Cafes and on Instagram @AHCWellbeing. You can also follow Martin @martinlloydjourno on Instagram.
Tap ⁠here⁠ to visit Unipol's accommodation page. Houses open on November 1st. Unipol are a not-for-profit housing charity that aims to help students to find safe and secure housing arrangements.
This podcast was produced by the AHC Wellbeing Project at the University of Leeds.
Thank you for listening!
 

Season 4 Episode 1 - Navigating the dissertation

In this episode of the AHC You've Got This! podcast the 2024/25 interns discuss their experiences whilst completing their dissertation module/major project.  What helped them and what they would tell themselves if they could go back to September 2024.

Season 3 Episode 4 - Navigating Employability

Feeling overwhelmed by the job hunt? Whether you're gearing up for graduation, searching for a placement, or balancing part-time work with your studies, this episode is here to help! Host Millie Cairns chats with Ashruta, a final-year music student, about her placement search experience, and Becky Kidner, Senior Employability and Placements Officer at the University of Leeds, who shares valuable resources and advice. We tackle the challenges of finding work, dealing with rejection, and staying motivated in today’s job market. Plus, we hear from students about their real-life experiences- both struggles and successes- proving that you're not alone in this journey. Tune in for practical tips, inspiring stories, and the motivation to keep pushing forward. You’ve got this! Follow us on Instagram ⁠@ahcwellbeing⁠ for more updates! 
Follow University of Leeds Careers Service on Instagram ⁠@leedsunicareers ⁠and AHC Employability on Instagram ⁠@ahcemployability⁠ !University of Leeds Careers Service: ⁠https://students.leeds.ac.uk/careers-advice/doc/careers-service

Season 3 Episode 3 - Self love and community

In the spirit of Valentine's Day, this episode of You’ve Got This! is all about prioritising self-love and the importance of finding community. Our special guests this episode were Via and Vaishna from the University of Leeds Feminist Society! We got to chat all about the value of friendship, self love and decentring validation from romantic relationships during this loved up time of year.  
The University of Leeds Supporting Healthy Relationships Module: https://minerva.leeds.ac.uk/ultra/organizations/_546298_1/outline 
Feminist Society’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luufemsoc/ 

Season 3 Episode 2 - Grief in University

This week’s episode is about navigating grief in university. While December can be a fun month with the holidays and wintery weather, it can also be a really hard month, especially for those who have lost someone close to them. On today’s episode, I’m chatting to students who have faced grief and the Student Grief Network to create an open conversation about grief and how we can maintain wellbeing for ourselves and others around us who are experiencing grief at university. 
Student Grief Network-https://studentgriefnetwork.co.uk/ 

Season 3 Episode 1 - Introductions

Our first episode is all about introductions- introductions to the podcast, the AHC Wellbeing Project, their interns as well as your host, Millie Cairns (she/her). We'll be uploading monthly episodes surrounding different wellbeing issues and topics in a way that hopefully feels accessible and relatable. While we'll be chatting about universal worries like finding friendships, imposter syndrome and grade anxieties, we want to utilise this podcast to talk about experiences unique to those from marginalised backgrounds and how maintaining wellbeing may be harder for those from marginalised communities. While my podcast may not be able to give the answers I hope to at least create discourse around these issues and an open discussion on the nuances of wellbeing, because sometimes as university that can feel really hard. 
This podcast is a part of AHC Wellbeing Project which aims to create internships for students in the AHC faculty surrounding wellbeing for students and staff. 

Season 2 Episode 3 - Managing Workload

Angela from the Skills@Library team joins Willow to discuss timekeeping, managing workload and breaking down daunting projects!