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Mental health & wellbeing
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Student housing co-operatives would take the pressure off
Ruth Elliott
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SU blog
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27/05/25
What SUs need know about the national review of student suicides
21/05/25
International students still choose the UK – but for how much longer?
Ed Lidington
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SU blog
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14/05/25
Here’s how we’re meeting students’ basic needs at Leeds
Meg Darroch
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SU blog
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06/05/25
What students want their SU to push for on health
02/05/25
Why is higher education sidelining sport?
Harvey Burn
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SU blog
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27/03/25
There’s new findings in the annual student gambling survey
06/03/25
There’s a new framework to support students in distress – here’s what SUs need to know
19/02/25
Enabling students to succeed isn’t mollycoddling
Liam White
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SU blog
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06/02/25
Here’s where the Department for Education’s mental health taskforce is up to
17/01/25
Now students will know what we think about things
Alvina Imran
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SU blog
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06/12/24
Here’s where universities are going wrong (and right) on student mental health
29/11/24
How to embrace harm reduction on campus
Will Fuller
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SU blog
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27/11/24
Welfare, wellbeing, sexual misconduct and racism in Wales
22/11/24
Policy forum: Wellbeing and liberation officers and staff
07/11/24
Student mental health is declining, here’s what SUs need to know from a new study
06/11/24
Universities need to do more on menstrual health
Orna Murphy-Horton
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SU blog
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06/11/24
Students need more accessible healthcare support when living away at university
Joseph Bigland
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SU blog
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01/11/24
How to respond to the NHS change consultation in the student interest
30/10/24
Scabies is on the rise – and students are among the worst affected
24/10/24
New guidance on preventing student death by suicide – here’s what SUs need to know
17/10/24
Avoiding academic burnout? It’s belonging again
15/10/24
Providing real support for election runners-up
Samuel Dickins
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SU blog
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14/10/24
Homelessness is a hidden issue in Scotland’s student housing crisis
Ruth Elliott
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SU blog
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27/09/24
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