Ethical approval for the project was obtained from the Faculty Research Ethics Committee (3329). The project's main ethical considerations encompassed coercion, data protection, consent, and confidentiality, in alignment with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679 (European Parliament and Council of the European Union, 2016). 
To minimise any perception of coercion, students were informed about the study through their MS Teams channel rather than face-to-face. A two-week response window was provided, and participants were assured that their decision to complete the questionnaire would not affect their relationship with the University.





 Recruitment materials and the PIS outlined participants' rights and emphasised the voluntary nature of their involvement. Consent was explicitly obtained by requiring participants to review and agree to consent statements before accessing the survey. To safeguard privacy, all responses were collected anonymously, and participants retained the right to withdraw at any time by choosing not to submit their survey responses.