Some 36 per cent of students surveyed last year reported they were stressed by study daily, or “constantly, ” in-line with results for ’20 and ’21

The finding is in the seventh annual survey by study-support provider (and CMM advertiser) Studiosity. It finds stress hits women harder, 42 per cent (“constantly” or “daily”), than men (29 per cent).

Stress-drivers are common across students aged 18-23 and 24 plus, but older students handle most better – workload causes stress for 56 per cent of younger students and 46 per cent of the 24 years plus group, course content bothers 32 per cent of the 18-23 group and 21 per cent of those 24 plus.

The two causes where older students cope less are time-management (a problem for 69 per cent of then, compared to 64 per cent the 18-23s) and “referencing” (20 per cent and 10 per cent).

Overall, students with credit grades or better are “confident in being able to ask for help (76 per cent), compared to 66 per cent for those with lower grades.