Bubble-wrap popping and dog petting are being laid on for stressed students at a university to help them relax during exams season.

Leicester University's students' union said the "instant gratification" of popping bubble wrap is meant to be better for relieving stress than meditation and yoga. It said it planned to set up bubble-wrap stations around the university's grounds, with metres of the packaging material bought in to help students to "pop away their exams woes".

Earlier this year a mobile petting zoo was set up at the university as a stress reliever for students sitting exams in January.

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