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GCSE Results: What Happens and What Next?

Getting your GCSE results is one of the big milestones in your life. From this point on you’ll be taking some big steps towards your future, whether you decide to stay on in school or go on to do something else. Meic is here to help if you need to talk about your choices. GCSE’s […]
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Grab the Meic – Burdening People With My Depression and Anxiety

Seren has had support from those around her to deal with her depression and anxiety, but feels that people will soon get fed up of her problems and is looking for advice from someone different. She contacted us for help in this week’s Grab the Meic. Grab the Meic was an opportunity to ask us […]
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Coping With Exam Results – What next?

Exams are a time of worry and stress for everyone and we’ve been running a series of exam related blogs here on Meic over the last four weeks. Our previous blogs will help those of you still sitting your exams but below we will prepare you for when those results come in. What happens if […]
Apprenticeships & TrainingCollege & Sixth Form

Life After Exams – Alice’s Story

Have you been keeping an eye on our exam series over the last few weeks? It started with a new version of our ‘This Is My Exams Story’ video, telling the story of a young person worried about how their exams had gone and what to do next. What you may not know is that someone […]
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6 Ways To Lessen Exam Stress

Exams are everywhere at the moment and it can be a really difficult time for some of you. Meic is here to help by publishing lots of helpful information over the next few weeks to help you prepare and cope. If you’re finding it really hard to cope then you can contact Meic on the […]
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This Is My Exams Story

Exams are everywhere at the moment and it can be a really difficult time for some of you. Meic is here to help by publishing lots of helpful information over the next few weeks to help you prepare and cope. If you’re finding it really hard to cope then you can contact Meic on the […]
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Stressing About Exams

Exams are a time when a lot of young people feel stress and anxiety. Iola from the youth mental health awareness campaign All My Strength wrote a special blog about this subject for Mental Health Awareness Week. This week we are running a special Mental Health campaign on Meic to mark Mental Health Awareness Week […]
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7 Helpful Revision Tips

If you’re sitting exams it can be hard to get your head around how to revise in the most effective way. Where do you start? How do you keep stress free? We have 7 tips to help you plan, making effective use of your time whilst keeping your mind and body healthy. 1. Make a […]
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Grab the Meic: Sitting an Exam in English Not Welsh

Are you allowed to sit an exam in your choice of language? This question was asked through Grab the Meic. Get your voice heard, get taken seriously and get advice. Grab the Meic was an opportunity to ask us about anything that was worrying you. The advice was not instant and was used to create anonymous […]
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I Wish Exams Did Not Exist

  It’s that time of year again. Stress. Pressure. Anxiety. Alice from Cardiff knows the feelings that come with sitting exams, and wrote about it on theSprout. Here she shares some tips and tricks for survival. We hope you’ll find some of them useful. Exams may be over, but it still feels impossible to close […]
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Overcoming Exam Stress

Stress is unpleasant, unhelpful and unhealthy. Unfortunately it is very common during exam season, so it’s important to be aware of stress levels and to find support should they get too high. Fortunately there is a lot of support out there for stressed students. Whether it’s you or a family member going through this period, it’s […]
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Exam Stress Takes its Toll on Young People Across Wales

With exam season upon us, new figures released by Meic – the helpline for young people in Wales – have revealed that those revising for, sitting or awaiting the results of their exams accounted for 10% of all contacts during 2014-2015. With Mental Health Awareness Week also taking place from 11-17 May, Meic has also […]
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