Our Elected Officer team will be travelling around the University campus during the exam period, giving out help, advice, free food and drink as well as other freebies to nervous students.
This year, exams will be held from May 13th to June 14th and this time of year is known as one of the most stressful. Revision Aid, a new scheme, aims to benefit Cardiff students who are feeling the pressure. In partnership with the Advice and Representation Centre (ARC), the team will be there to help in any way they can with support, free gifts and a petting zoo, which is to be located outside the Arts and Social Sciences Library.
A recent study has shown that petting animals reduces stress, so Union Development Officer, Kieran Gandhi, wants to use this to benefit Cardiff students. He said he wants to “get a llama, maybe a goat, maybe some rabbits to stroke.” The idea has been approved, with the Arts and Social Sciences Library agreeing to host a petting zoo outside. Students will then be able to play, stroke and de-stress with the animals.
Other universities across the country have brought in similar schemes. Aberdeen University has introduced a ‘Puppy Room’ to help students relax during revision time and Leeds University will also be hosting a few days of ‘animal fun’ including animal handling, feeding and petting.
Gandhi has been working hard to get this scheme off the ground in time for this year’s exams and, having obtained permission, he is now in the process of sourcing the animals that will be part of the petting zoo.
Rowan Whittington
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