Skills Development Scotland (SDS) administers Scottish Apprenticeships on behalf of Scottish Government. An apprenticeship involves working towards a qualification whilst working at the job. Apprentices are therefore staff members and are also students. Learning providers can include colleges, universities, independent learning providers or local authorities. Skills Development Scotland have a dedicated Scottish Apprenticeships website, which …
Resources
Scottish Recovery Network’s Peer Recovery Hub
Scottish Recovery Network promotes and supports mental health recovery. They bring people, services and organisations across sectors together to create a mental health system that embraces peer support and is powered by lived experience. They have recently launched their new Peer Recovery Hub, which has tools, events and opportunities to inspire people and organisations to develop …
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 …
See Me Scotland: It’s Okay to Talk
‘It’s Okay to Talk’ is a resource developed by See Me Scotland. The resource is made up of presentation slides, facilitation notes, conversation examples and a participant pack to help community groups and organisations deliver their own It’s Okay to Talk sessions. It includes exercises on how to effectively listen and respond to someone who …
ScotSMART research: student mental health support
ScotSMART is a research network for student mental health in Scotland funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. They are trying to find out what mental health and/or wellbeing interventions are offered within Scottish Higher Education Institutions. By intervention, they mean any event(s) or action taken to promote the positive mental health and wellbeing of …
