Wonkhe SUs · Weekly webinars · 1 June 2026
Supporting students with eating disorders
What SUs and universities can realistically do to support students with eating disorders, with Beat’s Phoebe. (Recorded in a previous year.) Please note: this session discusses eating disorders. If you are affected, support is available from Beat (the UK’s eating disorder charity) on 0808 801 0677.
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What we cover
- Why students are more vulnerable to eating disorders, especially after moving away
- Stigma and self-stigma, particularly among male students
- Beat's non-clinical services, helpline and campaigns work
- The campaign to embed eating disorder training in medical schools
- How SUs can support the campaign without asking for extra money
- Awareness weeks, triggering content and mindful language in sports clubs and SU teams
Things to read
- Recovery is possible – how to prevent eating disorder tragedies
- Do a quarter of students have an eating disorder?
- Have students got a problem with food?
- There may be serious sector problems when it comes to students and food
- Latest from Belong – students' health is not OK, and that's not OK
- Nom nom nom – food and belonging on campus
- What Cibyl's 2025 mental health survey means for SUs
- Here's where the Department for Education's mental health taskforce is up to
- We can't ignore money when it comes to student mental health
- Beat – the UK's eating disorder charity (support and resources)