The BPP Library Team are proud to support Stress Awareness Month 2025. We are dedicated to promoting student wellbeing, and ensuring that all Library users have a positive learning experience on campus and in our Library sites. Our Safe Space policy outlines our commitment to prioritising the wellbeing of users through safeguarding, working with the Learning Support, Inclusion, and Students’ Association departments, and promoting the presence of trained First Aiders and Mental Health First Aiders within our physical Library spaces.

What is Stress Awareness Month? How is BPP Library supporting Stress Awareness Month?

  • April is National Stress Awareness Month. Since 1992, this campaign has worked to increase public awareness about the profound impact of stress. This includes highlighting the causes of stress, the negative effects stress can have on the mind and body, and information on how to effectively manage stress.
  • Most people will experience stress at some point in their life, but constant or extreme stress is bad for both the mind and body. Stress can be caused by a sudden traumatic event or even just the pressures of daily life, and for students in particular, stress can often be caused by academic pressure, academic workloads, or anxiety over exams, assessments, deadlines and coursework. The BPP exam and assessment period (April-June) can often be a highly stressful and emotional time for students, particularly during the pandemic, and too many people experiencing mental health issues are made to feel isolated, ashamed or afraid to seek help.
  • Mental Health First Aiders (MHFAs) are available across BPP sites, including in the BPP London Central (Holborn) Library. Mental Health First Aiders are trained to provide initial support to people who may be experiencing or exhibiting signs of mental ill health. Our MHFAs are identifiable through our MHFA green lanyards.
  • If any students are experiencing challenges with their mental health we encourage them to speak to BPP’s dedicated Inclusion Team for further support, advice and guidance.
  • Students can access our Reading Well: books and ebooks to support wellbeing reading list here. One of the guiding principles of our Great Reads collections (available at London Central, London West, Manchester and Birmingham) is providing opportunities for students to take break for their studies-particularly during stressful periods- unwind and ‘switch off’ with a range of fiction and nonfiction. Our commitment to wellbeing is also demonstrated through our inclusion of content warnings, which enables students to make an informed choice about reading sensitive or challenging material. 
  • A list of wellbeing apps and podcasts on the BPP University Library Blog (available year-round) is available here.
  • Read more about our ongoing student wellbeing initiatives here.

In addition, the BPP Students’ Association also provide wellbeing resources, information on out of hours support and guidance on accessing the counselling service. Applications for BPP Student Wellbeing Ambassadors are open. Special events organised to support Stress Awareness Month include: 

-A ‘Positivi-Tea’ session designed to encourage communication about stress and promote relaxation, 

-A Manchester Wellbeing Walk. 

If you are feeling overwhelmed, stressed, worried, and in need of advice, please speak to BPP University’s Inclusion Team.