"You're doing very well"
The students Kate met told her about the importance of sport for their mental wellbeing, with the Duchess adding: "Particularly when it's outdoors as it hasn't got any restrictions to it."
The Duchess of Cambridge asked them: "Is it really weird not being in lectures?"
One student said they were enjoying the change, but added it was "difficult not learning face-to-face".
Kate told the students: "You're doing very well".
She concluded her visit by telling the students she "loved" how mental health work had been "integrated" into university life in Derby.
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