Students’ mental health is a priority for all those at Edinburgh Napier Students’ Association (ENSA) and Edinburgh Napier University (ENU). I write this post in the same context that ENU’s Suicide Safer Plan was written; that is, suicide remains a leading cause of death in the UK’s 15–24-year-old population and the number of suicides in …
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Blog: Ayrshire College on their Mind Thyself App
At Ayrshire College & Students’ Association we used our Student Mental Health Agreement (SMHA) as a tool to help us focus our mental health work and increase accessibility for students. As part of the agreement, we said we would launch a Mental Health App called “Mind Thyself”. We did this during Mental Health Awareness Week. …
Student Mental Health Action Plan launched
The Scottish Government have today launched their Student Mental Health Action Plan. The plan expands on the wider Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy set out by the Scottish Government and sits alongside the Mental Health and Wellbeing Workforce Action Plan and the Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Plan. Students face a unique set of challenges …
Disability Pride Month 2024
Disability Pride Month is celebrated every year throughout the month of July. It’s an opportunity to celebrate people with disabilities, their identities, their culture, and their contributions to society. It also seeks to change the way people think about and define disability, to end the stigma of disability, and to promote the belief that disability …
Think Positive Impact Report 2023-2024
Think Positive launch Impact Report highlighting key highlights and learnings from the academic year 2023-2024. Think Positive promoted the mental health support on offer at 100% of Scotland’s colleges, universities and students’ associations and directly supported 86% to further develop their work based on student feedback. Funded by the Scottish Government, Think Positive is a student …
