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TopicMental health & wellbeing

Explainers and SU blogs on this topic, newest first.

Universities can’t keep demanding diagnoses the NHS is slowing down

Sharanya Sivarajah|SU blog|12/10/26

Higher education needs to recognise gambling harm as a student wellbeing issue

Max Gogerty|SU blog|05/10/26

We should stop viewing freshers’ flu as a rite of passage

Melody Bishop|SU blog|07/09/26

Bereaved students aren’t rare. They’re just invisible to each other

Annie McEntee|SU blog|06/08/26

Joining a sports team isn’t the same as belonging to one

Joshua Darley|SU blog|23/02/26

How SUs nurture community through space ritual and contribution

Niall Sweby|SU blog|13/11/25

Three things freshers want to know this autumn term

Fiona Walsh McDonnell|SU blog|09/10/25

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

Tom Snape|SU blog|14/08/25

Why sport needs to be more accessible at modern universities

Oluwatomisin Osinubi|SU blog|14/08/25

The conflict between retention and wellbeing

Freddy Russell|SU blog|03/07/25

Student housing co-operatives would take the pressure off

Ruth Elliott|SU blog|27/05/25

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

Ed Lidington|SU blog|14/05/25

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

Meg Darroch|SU blog|06/05/25

Why is higher education sidelining sport?

Harvey Burn|SU blog|27/03/25

Enabling students to succeed isn’t mollycoddling

Liam White|SU blog|06/02/25

Now students will know what we think about things

Alvina Imran|SU blog|06/12/24

How to embrace harm reduction on campus

Will Fuller|SU blog|27/11/24

Universities need to do more on menstrual health

Orna Murphy-Horton|SU blog|06/11/24

Students need more accessible healthcare support when living away at university

Joseph Bigland|SU blog|01/11/24

Providing real support for election runners-up

Samuel Dickins|SU blog|14/10/24

Homelessness is a hidden issue in Scotland’s student housing crisis

Ruth Elliott|SU blog|27/09/24

There’s only so much that universities can do

Jez Harvey|SU blog|17/06/24

How to set up neurodiverse student leaders to succeed

Ibby Williams|SU blog|26/04/24

High time to refresh our approach to Freshers

Olivia Flavell|SU blog|11/04/24

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