This week, NUS Scotland published a new report into Scotland’s tertiary education system: Roadmap to a New Education System. The publication of this report continues a series that begun with Broke Students, Broken System report which was released in February. As with the earlier report, Roadmap to a New Education System focuses on the five key pillars of the education system: …
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Blog: South Lanarkshire College Students’ Association on Tackling Student Poverty
South Lanarkshire College & SLC Students’ Association include ‘student poverty’ as a key focus area within their Student Mental Health Agreement. Below they share an update on the work they’ve been taking forward throughout academic year 2023-2024. “We’re firmly committed to tackling student poverty. With the current cost-of-living crisis majorly impacting our students, the Students’ Association …
New Scottish LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Network launched
Researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Edinburgh have launched a new Scottish LGBTQIA+ mental health network with funding from the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). It is a two year project, entitled ‘Developing an Interdisciplinary LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Network for Scotland’. This is the first of its kind, with a key aim …
Blog: St Andrews University on External Partnerships
The University of St Andrews has partnered with the Fife Rape and Sexual Assault Centre (FRASAC) since October 2021. We provide ring-fenced funding in order to provide students with access to a dedicated specialist support worker, three days per week, in St Andrews. This relationship with FRASAC allows students to access crisis and ongoing support, …
Co-production in practice: GCU student mental health campaign
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) Wellbeing team and Digital Design students have co-produced a campaign to encourage students to speak about their mental health. The project – ‘GCUGood?’ – was a collaboration between the GCU Wellbeing team and a group of students who completed this as part of one of their final year modules. The campaign …
