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Here’s six headlines for SUs from this year’s Secret Life of Students

Livia Scott|SU blog|14/03/24

This is why better sleep should matter more to students (and their universities)

07/03/24

3 per cent of students have enough money

01/03/24

How to be a students’ union officer from a working class background

Darcie Jones|SU blog|08/02/24

How to measure the mental health of students

02/02/24

Amended guidance on APPs – here’s what matters to SUs (Jan 2024 UPDATE)

25/01/24

First-generation students may need different mental health support

07/12/23

Here’s why understanding trends in applicant data matters for SUs

07/12/23

Is there a link between gender-based violence and access and participation?

09/11/23

How do students spend bursaries and hardship funds?

05/10/23

Widening participation won’t happen by magic

Tom Wellesley|SU blog|19/09/23

The university experiences of care experienced students

06/09/23

Expectations and anticipations – how to not let students down

01/09/23

Students need more financial support on work placements

11/08/23

Student engagement in OfS’ new APP process

18/05/23

How does students’ socioeconomic status impact their sense of belonging?

18/05/23

Here’s what SUs need to know about OfS’ new regulation of access and participation

03/04/23

Here’s how SAs in Scotland can “tackle persistent inequalities together”

20/01/23

How do students cope with racism and racial inequality on campus?

13/01/23

Students and pregnancy

10/11/22

How to respond to the OfS consultation on a new access and participation regime

06/10/22

Disabled students need more information on the support universities can offer

14/07/22

Gypsy, traveller, roma, showman and boater students in higher education

08/07/22

Scholarships make a big difference for care-experienced and estranged students

06/07/22

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