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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SAMH launch new Digital Self-Care Plan
SAMH have recently launched a new support tool for young people: a Digital Self-Care Plan. It has been co-designed by young people, for young people. Self-care can be very beneficial for overall mental health and wellbeing. What is a Digital Self-Care Plan? The plan includes tools to help us better understand self-care, and to help …
Creating Hope with Peer Support: new guide
Scottish Recovery Network have recently launched a new resource to help groups, organisations and services offer community base peer support as part of suicide prevention. We know that many colleges, universities and students’ associations in Scotland are either already working on or are keen to develop their work around peer support and suicide prevention through …
CDN event: Getting started on the trauma informed journey
‘Getting Started on the Trauma Informed Journey’ is the first in a series of webinars hosted by College Development Network (CDN). The webinar series designed to offer insight and expertise and shared opportunities to discuss best practice across the college sector. As they build a Community of Practice and begin work on embedding Trauma Informed …
Mental health support for apprentices
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 …
