Take a Break Week

Take a Break Week

Did you know you can improve your memory, boost your energy, reduce stress and increase your performance and creativity by taking regular breaks while you study for exams and assessments?

Take a Break week runs from 22 - 26 April, offering lots of opportunities to participate in fun and relaxing activities, and to find out about the support services available to you while you study.

The benefits of study breaks:

Study breaks are important. Taking regular breaks has many health benefits and can help you to achieve more. 

  • Improved memory
  • Energy boost
  • Reduced stress
  • Performance and creativity boost
  • Enhanced understanding of topics and subjects

Whether you find yourself re-reading the same line, spending time staring at a blank screen or just needing to step away from your desk, make sure to take regular breaks!

 

Events and Activities

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Take a Break Week Competition

Be in with the chance to win a pair of tickets to the Aberdeen V St Johnstone football game at Pittodrie Stadium at 3.00pm on 4 May 2024. Simply comment your favourite study snack under our competition post on the Student Life Instagram or Facebook page to enter!

Competition Terms & Conditions

Terms & Conditions

  • The University of Aberdeen’s Take a Break Week competition is being held by the University of Aberdeen which is a charity registered in Scotland No. SC013683 and with its registered address at King’s College, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX, (“UoA”).
     
  • The competition is open to registered students at the University of Aberdeen, excluding UoA employees and Alumni.
     
  • To be in with a chance of winning, entrants must comment their favourite study snack below the competition posts on the Student Life Facebook and Instagram pages.
     
  • By submitting an entry to the competition, the participant gives The UoA permission to use the entry for marketing activities including but not limited to – sharing on social media and within general communications, inclusion in video content and printing.
     
  • The competition will close at 5.00pm on 30 April 2024, any entries received after this date will not be eligible for a prize.
     
  • Two winners will be selected at random, to win a pair of tickets to the Aberdeen V St Johnstone football game at Pittodrie Stadium at 3.00pm on 4 May 2024.
     
  • The winners may be requested to take part in prize promotional activity and UoA reserves the right to use the name and location of the winners, their photographs, audio and/or visual recording of them in relation to any competition publicity or for the UoA’s marketing purposes. By entering the competition, you agree that if awarded one of the prizes you will co-operate with all reasonable publicity purposes if so requested.
     
  • The prize must be collected by: 12.00pm on 3 May 2024 from the Infohub on the Old Aberdeen Campus.
     
  • The UoA’s decision will be final and binding, and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into regarding the conduct or outcome of the competition.
     
  • The UoA reserves the right in its reasonable discretion: to disqualify any competitor whose conduct is in breach of the Rules or contrary to the spirit of the Rules or the intention of the competition, and to declare any entries void.
     
  • By entering this competition you agree that the UoA shall have no liability for any printing, production and/or distribution errors (including but not limited to any errors in UoA, this website or any printed materials) or where there have been any errors in any aspect of the preparation for or conduct of the competition materially affecting the result of the competition.
     
  • Subject to Condition 3 above, any personal data submitted by you in your entry to this competition will be used solely in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and UoA's privacy policy.
     
  • The UoA reserves the right to amend or waive any of these Rules or cancel the competition at any time.
     
  • Entry to the competition confirms your acceptance of these Rules.
     
  • Please email any queries relating to the competition to: studentlife@abdn.ac.uk