The LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Network was set up earlier this year, with a key aim of bringing the LGBTQIA+ community together. They held their first in-person network development events earlier this summer and are now hosting an online event in which attendees will learn more about LGBTQIA+ mental health networks with like-minded people and work out …
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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 …
PHS Briefing gambling and suicide
Public Health Scotland has produced a briefing about the link between gambling and suicide. This briefing is aimed at professionals and practitioners in Scotland who require further information on gambling and suicide. This could include staff working in colleges, universities and students’ associations. A person experiencing gambling harm may notice a negative impact on their …
Experiences and challenges in education of deaf young people in Scotland
Education Scotland, the British Deaf Association (Scotland), and Scotland’s National Centre for Languages (SCILT) worked with deaf young people to co-produce this case study detailing the experiences and challenges of young deaf people in accessing education in Scotland. The case study provides insight on the experiences and challenges of four deaf young people in Scotland …
Resources to support trans & gender diverse students
The TransEDU website provides a central resource for information on supporting trans students and staff in colleges, universities and students’ associations. The site was developed as a result of a research project – TransEDU Scotland, which examined the experiences of, and current provision for, trans and gender diverse applicants, students and staff in colleges and …
