Thriving Learners is one of the largest and most significant studies of student mental health that has ever taken place in the UK. In our first year of the project, over 15,000 university students across Scotland participated to share their experiences of mental health and wellbeing. The findings helped us make recommendations for sector-wide improvements. …
Resources
SFC Student Support – Advice for Students
Advice for students on available Student Support Funding
BACP – student mental health video
This two-minute animated cartoon explains when and how counselling can help college students.
BROKE Report
Broke: How Scotland is failing its students NUS Scotland has launched new research on the state of student poverty in Scotland.
Ending Stigma and Discrimination: a guide
The effect stigma and discrimination can have on a student’s experience of education can be devastating. It impacts on confidence, self-belief and self-stigma – and also reduces attainment, retention and can potentially have financial implications. It can exacerbate mental illness and add to an already challenging situation. The majority of university and college staff and …
