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Counselling-to-go: The counselling podcast is back in the students’ ears
A new season of the counselling podcast Studielivet has just been launched. Read more about what Studielivet is and how you can benefit from it right here.
Back in 2021, the Counselling and Study Support launched the podcast Studielivet (Student Life). It’s a podcast that explores and addresses the challenges of life as a student. The podcast is an opportunity to learn more and discuss the things that can be difficult to put into words.
After a break, Studielivet is back with season three. The first episode was released in September, and new episodes will be released every fortnight for the rest of the semester.
Why a counselling podcast?
Podcasts are a popular medium and more than 50% of all young people listen to podcasts several times a week. Therefore, the medium was an obvious opportunity to reach a group of students who might not seek counselling in other ways. At the same time, the podcast is easily accessible and easy to enjoy on the go. This makes Studielivet a kind of counselling-to-go.
Studielivet focuses on counselling, and the host is also a student counsellor. Each episode features an interview with a student, a practitioner or a researcher who knows a lot about the topic. In addition to asking questions, the counsellor tries to concretise and pick up on what is said so that it makes sense in the individual student’s study life. This season, you can learn more about study doubt, motivation, study start and exam anxiety.
What can you use Studielivet for?
In our experience, students can benefit from listening to an episode of the podcast before talking to a counsellor, secretary or other resource person about a given issue. By listening to a section on cheating in exams or studying abroad prior to the counselling, the student has an understanding of the topic before discussing what it means in the student’s specific case.
And if you are an employee, you may find topics that you personally would like to learn more about. If so, Studielivet can be a good place to start.
You can find all episodes from the current and previous seasons here (external page opens in a new tab).
Would you like to know more?
If you have any questions or comments about the initiative, please contact SDU’s Counselling and Study Support at vejledning@sdu.dk.
The podcast (which is in Danish) and other useful information (in Danish and English) about the Counselling and Study Support are available at mitsdu.dk/studentfocus (opens in a new tab).