The Think Positive Hub brings together all of the projects, services, resources and news relating to student mental health in one place, for students and those who support them to easily access.
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Save Our Counsellors Campaign
In 2019 following lobbying from NUS Scotland, Scottish Government committed to funding an additional 80 counsellors in Scotland’s colleges and universities over four years. Currently, this funding is being reviewed and not confirmed past July 2023. In …


The Forum by Think Positive
The Forum brings together reps colleges, universities and students’ associations across Scotland who lead on SMHA work at their institution.

University Counselling Services in Scotland: Insights and Perspectives Following the Covid-19 Pandemic
This independent research report provides an updated overview of Scottish University Counselling Services.


Ian Findlay Path Fund – Paths For All
Colleges, Universities and Students’ Associations in Scotland, can apply for between £10,000 and £100,000 for path management projects that improve the accessibility and resilience of existing paths between homes, community services, active travel routes and public transport facilities or connections


Recommendations for improving mental health and wellbeing support for Scotland’s students
The research poses a series of recommendations to help improve student mental health and wellbeing support in Scotland’s colleges and universities.


The Scottish Mental Illness Stigma Study
The Scottish Mental Illness Stigma Study explores where and how people with more complex mental illnesses face stigma and discrimination and the impact this has. The study has highlighted that people are holding back from attending events and doing act …


Thriving Learners College Research
NUS Scotland responds to new college student mental health research Students’ union calls for increased financial and counselling support for college students New research published by the Mental Health Foundation on Thursday, 1 December 2022 has revea …


SA Officer GLITCH Workshops
NEW Workshops focusing on online abuse and engaging with digital spaces in a positive and respectful way NUS Charity undertook research in 2021/22 on Officer Wellbeing, asking elected officers past and present about their experiences and the impac …


FREE Student Co-production webinar
Looking for ways to meaningfully co-create mental health work with students can be challenging, so we’ll use this space to share some great examples of how to do this.
