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Mental health & wellbeing
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Is perfectionism an important part of the student mental health crisis?
26/05/22
If students need belonging then their SUs need to change
Talia Adams
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SU blog
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23/05/22
What works to tackle mental health inequalities in higher education?
12/05/22
Information sharing and student suicide
04/05/22
How did the lockdowns impact students’ mental health?
20/04/22
For students, the cost of living pressures are really starting to bite
12/04/22
Anxious students are more likely to struggle both socially and academically
17/03/22
Students need universities to act over Ukraine
Rhiannon Ellis
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SU blog
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09/03/22
Zero tolerance doesn’t stop drug use
03/03/22
Can students afford to study in 2022?
02/03/22
How to stop students from burning out
17/02/22
Mental health in teaching and learning
11/02/22
Drink, drink up
03/02/22
How to make post-pandemic HE work for disabled students
01/02/22
Horrible housemates and the student experience
26/01/22
Students are borrowing money to gamble
20/01/22
How to persuade students to live healthy
20/01/22
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
Telling students to “prepare for the worst” isn’t good enough
Dan Chevalier
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SU blog
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04/01/22
What if student wellbeing is dependent on trust?
15/12/21
PGRs may be normalising anxiety and depression – so what should be done to tackle that?
15/12/21
Accommodation environments and student mental health
09/12/21
What if we viewed student anxiety as an academic issue?
02/12/21
Want to improve student mental health? It’s all about connections
01/12/21
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