Relationships

Most people come to university motivated to meet new people and make friendships that hopefully last a life time. Sometimes these friendships can form quite quickly, but the closeness that makes the friendship last a lifetime, takes time to develop.

• Communication
• Listening
• Asserting yourself
• Meeting people and making friends
• Loneliness

A relationship does not just fit into a neat little box in the corner of your life that you bring out to play with on weekends. All of your relationships, for good or bad, affect every part of your life, including university. The links in ths section provide tips on how to juggle relationship commitments and study.

• Relationships and your study
• Being a parent and studying too
• Coping in a shared house
• Family concerns
• Challenging friendships
• Coping with a breakup

Your sexuality is complex and has many aspects including: gender, sensuality, eroticism, love, identity, orientation, social sex-role. These elements are not always in harmony. Your sexual sense of self grows over your life and, though important, is only one part of who you are.

• Coming out
• Sexuality