Now, Downes is feeling less stressed at the thought of sitting her exams without her notes in six weeks’ time.

“It was such a relief to read people’s kind messages and to have people in Durham say they would keep a look out, and I’m feeling so much more calm now that I have been sent notes to work with,” Downes tells HuffPost UK. “It’s obviously still not ideal because two years of my own work is difficult to replace, but I’m in a much better place than just a few days ago.”

Two fellow students, who have their own revision to do, have even taken the time to sit with Downes and go through their own notes together.

This woman asked Twitter for help finding her stolen lecture notes - and was floored by the response