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Guest blog: #notallheroeswearcapes – Portering team goes ‘above and beyond’ at the University of Che
Who do you call when you have a worry, a health concern or safety issue in the middle of the night? No, not Ghostbusters, but the Porters...
Nov 6, 2017


Campus Living Villages: Ensuring student wellbeing in private accommodation
According to the NUS, as many as 70% of students may experience homesickness at university. This is perhaps unsurprising when you...
Nov 1, 2017


Guest blog: Ruth Cooper-Dickson on maintaining positive student wellbeing
The excitement of Fresher’s week is over and the new term in full swing. Over 400,000 UK students have transitioned into a new life away...
Oct 30, 2017


Guest blog: International students need dedicated mental health support
Looking at the evidence that there will be 262 million higher education students in the world by 2025, and one in four higher education...
Oct 23, 2017


RTE: More students are dropping out of university because of mental health problems
Read about the numbers of students dropping out of university for mental health reasons, the different pressures on the contemporary...
Oct 16, 2017


Guest blog: Degrees of Pressure — How universities can help students under strain
Freshers’ week has ended. Student bank accounts have been hit hard and deadlines for assignments are beginning to loom large on the...
Oct 16, 2017

Guest blog: Samaritans on crisis management — Coping with student suicide
Nobody likes to think about a death of a young person. While suicide is rare, it is the leading cause of death among people aged 15-29....
Oct 12, 2017

The University of Stirling's whole university approach to tackling sexual violence
A recent YouGov poll of adults between 18-24 found that almost three quarters of young people have witnessed sexual harassment on a night...
Oct 3, 2017


Guest blog: Security tips for students in the new term
Student homes are the perfect target for burglars. Every student will have their own tech, which means up to nine or ten laptops, smart...
Sep 25, 2017


ProtectED guest blog: Taking action to address student harassment and sexual assault
Read about the good practice currently taking place at some UK universities to prevent student sexual harassment, Bristol Zero...
Sep 20, 2017