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TopicMental health & wellbeing

Explainers and SU blogs on this topic, newest first.

Student loneliness isn’t going away and the evidence on what works is getting stronger

Student loneliness isn’t going away and the evidence on what works is getting stronger

What SUs need to know about a new book on belonging

What SUs need to know about a new book on belonging

Does commuting to university really damage student wellbeing?

Does commuting to university really damage student wellbeing?

How to use the Abrahart triangle for change

How to use the Abrahart triangle for change

Three things freshers want to know this autumn term

Three things freshers want to know this autumn term

Fiona Walsh McDonnell|SU blog|
Student mental health needs to be shaped by people, not only policy

Student mental health needs to be shaped by people, not only policy

Tom Snape|SU blog|
Why sport needs to be more accessible at modern universities

Why sport needs to be more accessible at modern universities

Oluwatomisin Osinubi|SU blog|
What are incoming students thinking and why it matters to SUs

What are incoming students thinking and why it matters to SUs

The conflict between retention and wellbeing

The conflict between retention and wellbeing

Freddy Russell|SU blog|
Top ten takeaways from the 2025 Student Academic Experience Survey

Top ten takeaways from the 2025 Student Academic Experience Survey

Student housing co-operatives would take the pressure off

Student housing co-operatives would take the pressure off

Ruth Elliott|SU blog|
What SUs need know about the national review of student suicides

What SUs need know about the national review of student suicides

International students still choose the UK – but for how much longer?

International students still choose the UK – but for how much longer?

Ed Lidington|SU blog|
Here’s how we’re meeting students’ basic needs at Leeds

Here’s how we’re meeting students’ basic needs at Leeds

Meg Darroch|SU blog|
What students want their SU to push for on health

What students want their SU to push for on health

Why is higher education sidelining sport?

Why is higher education sidelining sport?

Harvey Burn|SU blog|
There’s new findings in the annual student gambling survey

There’s new findings in the annual student gambling survey

There’s a new framework to support students in distress – here’s what SUs need to know

There’s a new framework to support students in distress – here’s what SUs need to know

Enabling students to succeed isn’t mollycoddling

Enabling students to succeed isn’t mollycoddling

Liam White|SU blog|
Here’s where the Department for Education’s mental health taskforce is up to

Here’s where the Department for Education’s mental health taskforce is up to

Now students will know what we think about things

Now students will know what we think about things

Alvina Imran|SU blog|
Here’s where universities are going wrong (and right) on student mental health

Here’s where universities are going wrong (and right) on student mental health

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How to embrace harm reduction on campus

Will Fuller|SU blog|
Welfare, wellbeing, sexual misconduct and racism in Wales

Welfare, wellbeing, sexual misconduct and racism in Wales

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