Do you take part in Think Positive’s Student Mental Health Agreement Project? If so you can attend a free Student Co-production webinar provided by Mindwaves in! 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. …
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Win funding for your campaigns on sexual violence
NUS UK are pleased to team up with Against Violence and Abuse (AVA) to launch a new fund for Students’ Associations to tackle sexual violence at universities in Scotland. Following on from their collaboration on AVA’s Combat Misconduct project to improve responses to sexual violence and abuse in higher education they’re now making small campaign grants available …
Student engagement event for Mental Health Strategy
The Scottish Government is developing a new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy. The new strategy will allow us to look ahead to make sure we are doing the right things to meet the mental health needs of people over the coming years. It will set out a clear vision for future population mental health, wellbeing …
SMHA Information Day 2022
The SMHA Information Day took place on 31st August 2022. Representatives from 77% of Scotland’s colleges, universities and students’ associations attended the event. Think Positive gave an overview of the Student Mental Health Agreement project along with project updates for 2022-2023. 90% of attendees responded that they are more likely to take part in the SMHA project since attending …
A new network to boost research into student mental health
A new network to boost research into student mental health and wellbeing in Scotland has been launched. The Scottish Student Mental Health Research Network (ScotSMART) will bring together expert knowledge to help universities develop and co-ordinate research projects to improve current support for students. ScotSMART will help students’ wellbeing by providing a hub for academics …
