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OfS needs to ask the right questions on student mental health
Freya Rennison
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SU blog
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14/01/22
Accommodation environments and student mental health
09/12/21
Want to improve student mental health? It’s all about connections
01/12/21
How do mature students make the transition into HE?
11/11/21
Five important factors when supporting Covid generation freshers
30/09/21
How bad is student crime in your area – and what should SUs do about it?
David Kernohan
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SU blog
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17/09/21
Here’s what SUs need to know about the Student Futures Commission interim report
10/09/21
What did SUs learn from the Pandemic: Part 3
Nick Glover
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SU blog
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30/07/21
Freshers need extra help with social connections
29/07/21
What should concern us re university applicants enrolling this September?
30/06/21
What’s it like being a Black student at a predominantly white university?
28/06/21
A quarter of students have no friends, says new study
23/06/21
International students are facing racism on campus
16/06/21
How do we collectively craft a more caring university community?
Ruqaiyah Javaid
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SU blog
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14/06/21
Identifying student subcultures in the unexpected online student cohort
21/05/21
What’s it like to be both mature and first in family to university?
29/04/21
What if only extroverts benefit from student opportunities?
22/04/21
What if social isolation makes academic work harder?
13/04/21
Does student engagement work engage BAME students? (not really)
18/03/21
Student cooperation can help us reclaim “belonging” post-Covid
Sean Porter
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SU blog
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25/02/21
Does belonging predict drop out?
28/01/21
How to do town gown during a global pandemic
Megan Robertson
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SU blog
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06/11/20
Students this year are lonely – but quite activisty
21/10/20
Do we misunderstand being marginalised?
Ria Bluck
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SU blog
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16/10/20
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