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Mental health & wellbeing
Explainers and SU blogs on this topic, newest first.
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Here’s six headlines for SUs from this year’s Secret Life of Students
Livia Scott
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SU blog
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14/03/24
How to make our officers and campaigns even stronger
Ben Vulliamy
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SU blog
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04/02/24
Here’s why crafting and craft events have become the breakout SU event hit of 2023
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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01/11/23
Universities can do more to address gambling harms
Claire Patel
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SU blog
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15/09/23
Better elections means supporting the talent
Ashley Storer-Smith
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SU blog
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22/08/23
This is the pep talk I needed when I became a sabb
Anouska Johnson
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SU blog
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25/06/23
Recovery is possible – how to prevent eating disorder tragedies
Phoebe Bastiani
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SU blog
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15/03/23
Students will go if other students have organised it
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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11/01/23
A practical guide to handling sabbatical officer burnout
Livia Scott
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SU blog
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09/11/22
It’s time SUs talked mental health and money on campus
Matt Wall
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SU blog
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07/11/22
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
Students need universities to act over Ukraine
Rhiannon Ellis
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SU blog
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09/03/22
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
We need to talk about sabbatical burnout
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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24/11/21
Isn’t it time you were a bit more selfish?
Bee Morgan
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SU blog
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12/11/21
Anxious about what’s next? You’re not the only one
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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07/10/21
Online abuse should not be a “normal” part of a student officer’s role
Jo Walters
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SU blog
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30/07/21
How might students’ drug behaviours be different after the lockdown?
Arda Ozcubukcu
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SU blog
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29/06/21
What should we take from new figures on student mental health?
David Kernohan
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SU blog
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17/06/21
Accusing students of cheating without care can cost lives
Daniel Sokol
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SU blog
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15/06/21
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
Ten notes of caution about a blended autumn and winter
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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04/06/21
How SUs can get involved in the UPP Foundation Student Futures Commission
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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21/05/21
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