Tools and perspectives on anxiety and uncertainty in communication situations from a new website

The Academic study skills website helps you develop study skills to make your studies as smooth as possible. The newly launched Anxiety and uncertainty in communication situations page offers perspectives and tools for dealing with tension in communication situations.
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Published
14.5.2025

Anxiety and uncertainty are part of human life and almost everyone gets tense in communicative events at least sometimes. However, it is possible to learn skills and work out ways to ease the stress associated with interactions.

The Anxiety and uncertainty in communication situations page will help you to reflect on your own experience of tension and to find practical ways to help you deal with challenging interactions. It is based on research and the extensive experience of teachers of communication and language studies. It also includes comments from students about their own experiences of tension and how they have found help.

"I used to think I was ‘defective’ because I was anxious about speaking in public."

The page can be used as a self-study tool and its content can also support staff in challenging communication situations. It can also be used to support guidance and teaching activities.

Anxiety and uncertainty in communication situations web page
Academic study skills website