Giving you the insight into matters directly related to student life is the Pi Comment column, Spotlight: UCL, Universities and Young People, where our team of columnists tackle the issues affecting students today. Here, Cathy Meyer-Funnel discusses the ‘imposter syndrome’ that many students encounter at university and suggests ways to allay this. I don’t belong here. A feeling that hangs over many of us every time we walk into a lecture theatre crowded with our overachieving peers, or going to a house party filled with those considered to be the height of edgy and cool, or even joining a society to take part in an activity we once loved. We fear not being good enough, as if someone is going to come up to us and unmask us for being an imposter. And while it might make us feel isolated from those around us, the reality is that it is far more common than we may have first thought. Psychologically, this ‘ imposter syndrome’ , as it has come to be known, refers to ‘a pattern ...
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