Fresh bedsheets and dusk walks: Experts' sleep tips for freshers
This article offers sleep hygiene tips for university students, highlighting the challenges of balancing social life with academic requirements. It suggests that consistent morning routines and light exposure are more effective for sleep regulation than attempting to force early sleep.
Why it matters
Provides actionable health advice for a demographic prone to burnout and sleep-related health issues.
Image source, Anna-May Dixon Image caption, Twenty-year-old Anna-May manages on about five hours' sleep a night
It's the start of university - you're already on your fourth themed night out of the week and have signed up for every quirky-sounding society your campus has to offer.
But your relationship with your bed could be key to keeping up with a busy social life, as well as that lengthy reading list.
"If you can get out before 11am-ish then there's a part of the brain, just behind the eyes, that responds to light," says Jo Baker, a psychotherapist and student sleep and mental health expert.
"Getting daylight early on in the day is really going to help to keep your body in check. How you sleep at night starts with how you wake up in the morning."
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