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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Arts & student mental health – World Mental Health Day 2020
There has been much research published on the positive impact of art, in all its forms, on boosting positive mental health and wellbeing. This World Mental Health Day, Reena, one of our Student Health Project Coordinators, spoke to the lovely Sally Nimmo, a mental health activist, artist and technology expert on her views of mental health and the arts and what’s been her go-to creative outlet during lockdown.
Improving mental health and wellbeing support for Scotland – Think Positive Research
Research carried out by BSV Associates for National Union of Students Scotland in 2020. Believed to be the first of its kind in Scotland, covering both further and higher education students, the research included a survey of over 3,000 college and university students, alongside in-depth analysis of the mental health and wellbeing services of eight case-study institutions.
Small Grant Scheme Summary of work 2019-2020
This resource brings together the fantastic work of those awarded funding for the Small Grant Scheme during 2019-2020.
Supporting students during covid-19
Hayley Colbert SRUCSA president answered a couple fo questions around supporting students during the covid-19 pandemic.
‘What Works’ – The University of Edinburgh
It is easy to underestimate the cathartic power of simple, everyday activities. Much of the mental health narrative relates to clinical models and one-to-one therapy/counselling. In the spirit of preventative work as well as normalizing everyday experiences in all life the Student Counselling Service (SCS) at the University of Edinburgh took a different perspective with ‘What Works’.
Strathclyde Sport Union’s Small Grant Scheme project
Here Strathclyde Sports Union give an overview of the work which they took forward with the Think Positive Small Grant Scheme.
World Mental Health Day!
Today is World Mental Health Day. The theme this year is ‘young people and mental health in a changing world’ and this has never been more pertinent. This week we have a guest blog from our Deputy President at NUS Scotland, Gemma Jones. Improving student mental health is a personal priority for Gemma and in this blog she discusses why it’s so important to her.
Stirling University Students’ Association blog
This week we have a guest blog from the lovely folk at Stirling University Students’ Association. They’ll be sharing the work their sabbaticals are focusing on this year and how they plan on working on improving student wellbeing.
Self-Management Resource
Students and staff from universities and colleges across Scotland consistently tell us that support to improve student mental health needs to be a priority. Experiencing mental illness or poor mental wellbeing can have a pronounced impact on a student’s attendance, attainment, and even result in them leaving their course before completion. We wanted to find out more about students’ experience of managing mental ill health while studying. With funding from the ALLIANCE we were able to undertake research on self-management with students experiencing mental illness. We hope that this report will allow students and staff to think about mental health from a new perspective and highlight the ways in which to best support students to self-manage.
