Sidney Speaks is the Sidney Sussex Wellbeing Podcast, exploring wellbeing, student life, and the Cambridge experience. Through conversations with students, academics, and college staff, we share insights, experiences, and advice to support both academic success and personal wellbeing.
In this episode, our host is joined by Felix, a HSPS student to discuss taking care of your needs during the chaos of term time. Everything from getting a good night's sleep to perfecting your shopping list, this episode is full of tips and tricks to make taking care of your needs just a little bit easier.
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
18 Sept 2026
Discussing the roles of Tutor and DoS
In this episode, Yasmin, our Wellbeing Advisor, interviews Dr. Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft and Rev'd Dr Brett Gray. Both Brett and Ruth are Tutors and Directors of Studies at Sidney. This conversation covers a wide range of topics, including how to access support at Sidney and potential struggles students may face as they come to terms with academic and personal challenges.
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
7 Sept 2026
Student Guide to Prep Week
In this episode, Wellbeing intern Nina speaks with current student Felix about starting at Sidney: prep week, freshers, and all the highs and lows of those first few weeks at Cambridge.
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
29 Oct 2025
Academic Wellbeing (Part 5 of 5)
In this episode of Sidney Speaks, we interview Grace, a 2nd year historian, and Danielle, a 2nd year Natsci. We learn more about what resources they use to manage their time and stay on top of their workload and how they balance social time alongside their studies. We also discuss some of their favourite revision spots, and more.
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
27 Oct 2025
Finding Community (Part 5 of 5)
In this episode of Sidney Speaks, we interview Felicity, a 2nd year Veterinary Medicine (Vetmed) student, and Amber, who has just finished her Foundation Year at Sidney and is progressing into her 1st year of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES). The Foundation Year is a relatively new program across Cambridge that aims to empower students who have faced significant obstacles in their academic journey.
We learn more about their initial experiences finding communities at University and how Sidney provides events and spaces to strengthen bonds within the College. Slight disclaimer: we touch on topics like classism and racism at points in this episode.
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
22 Oct 2025
Academic Wellbeing - Postgraduate Perspective! (Part 4 of 5)
In this episode of Sidney Speaks, we interview Mike, who has just finished his Master's in History at Sidney and is progressing onto a PhD in History at Sidney. We learn more about his experience studying at Sidney and what kinds of academic support he found at Sidney and within his faculty. We also discuss how Sidney's Wellbeing Team can help alleviate academic stress.
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
20 Oct 2025
Finding Community - Postgraduate Perspective! (Part 4 of 5)
In this episode of Sidney Speaks, we interview Mike, who has just finished his Master's in History at Sidney and is progressing onto a PhD in History at Sidney. We learn more about his experience arriving at Sidney and meeting the Sidney postgraduate cohort, as well how Sidney supported him pastorally as a postgraduate.
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
15 Oct 2025
Academic Wellbeing (Part 3 of 5)
In this episode of Sidney Speaks, we interview Wil, a 2nd year Natsci, and Felicity, a 2nd year Veterinary Medicine (Vetmed) student. We learn a bit about what revision looks like for their topics and how they manage academic stress in subjects with many contact hours.
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
To learn more about the Accessibility and Disability Resource Centre (ADRC), you can visit their website: Accessibility and disability services | University of Cambridge (https://www.disability.admin.cam.ac.uk/)
Feel free to listen to last week's episode about academic wellbeing as a neurodiverse student to learn more about what the neurodivergent student experience at Sidney is like.
13 Oct 2025
Finding Community (Part 3 of 5)
In this episode of Sidney Speaks, we interview Wil, a 2nd year Natsci, and Anna, a 2nd year English student. We learn a bit about how to engage in the sports community at Cambridge and how to balance a demanding extracurricular alongside your studies. We also discuss how community changes over the course of the year, and more.
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
8 Oct 2025
Academic Wellbeing - Neurodiverse Student Perspective! (Part 2 of 5)
In this episode of Sidney Speaks, we interview Amber, a 1st year Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) student who is also neurodiverse. We learn a bit about her academic experience at Sidney Sussex and what resources and support are available to her through various avenues, such as the Accessibility and Disability Resource Centre (ADRC)
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
To learn more about the ADRC, you can visit their website: Accessibility and disability services | University of Cambridge (https://www.disability.admin.cam.ac.uk/)
6 Oct 2025
Finding Community - International Student Perspective! (Part 2 of 5)
In this episode of Sidney Speaks, we interview Nicholas, a 2nd year Law student from Singapore, and Arya, a 2nd year Chemical Engineering student from India. We learn a bit about their experience finding a community here at Sidney and within the broader University environment as international students.
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
1 Oct 2025
Academic Wellbeing (Part 1 of 5)
In this episode of Sidney Speaks, we interview Nicholas, a 2nd year law student, Sidhu, a 2nd year engineering student, and Anna, a 2nd year English student. We discuss what revision looks like across different subjects, how to balance revision and social time, and more.
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
29 Sept 2025
Supervisions: a Student Perspective
In this episode of Sidney Speaks, we interview Danielle, a 2nd year Natsci, and Nicholas, a 2nd year Law student. We learn more about what supervisions look like for their subjects and what they do before, during, and after supervisions to best integrate supervisions into their revision process.
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
29 Sept 2025
Finding Community (Part 1 of 5)
In this episode of Sidney Speaks, we interview Grace, a 2nd year historian, Sidhu, a 2nd year Engineering student, and Sadia, a 2nd year Human, Social, and Political Science (HSPS) student. We learn a bit about what difficulties they faces when settling into University life, how they found their community on the College and University level, and more.
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
24 Sept 2025
Meet the International Students' Officer (ISO)!
In this episode of Sidney Speaks, we interview Arya Sunkara, our International Students' Officer (ISO) at Sidney Sussex for 2025. We learn a bit about Arya, some underutilized resources for international students, and more! We also discuss his goals as ISO for Michaelmas Term 2025 and some of his favourite international student events.
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
16 Sept 2025
Meet a JCR Wellbeing Officer!
In this episode of Sidney Speaks, we interview Sadia Uddin, one of our JCR Wellbeing Officers at Sidney Sussex for 2025. We learn a bit about Sadia, her favourite wellbeing activities, and more! We also discuss how to keep wellbeing in mind past Prep Week, a Sidney Sussex initiative for first-years where the first-year class is invited to a week of introductory sessions and community-building activities before term officially begins
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For more information about wellbeing at Sidney Sussex, please visit our website at Health and Wellbeing | Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life-sidney/supporting-you/health-and-wellbeing) where you can find additional resources.
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