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Oct 16, 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 12, 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 10, 2017
Student blogs: Advice for LGBT+ students
Your life is about to change. Whether you are a party animal or someone who loves to study… or even that rare breed that somehow manages...
Oct 9, 2017
Student blogs: Life at university with a long-term illness
I was given my diagnosis at seventeen, only a couple of months into my second year of A-Levels. At first it didn’t seem as though...
Oct 2, 2017
Student Blogs: My ideas for Student Minds' #bestnightin campaign
If you’re like me, your Instagram feed is probably full of cheesy club photos, wine cheers-ing boomerangs (of which I have posted a fair...
Sep 25, 2017
Student blogs: My Freshers' Week survival guide
Whether your Freshers’ Week has been and gone or it is coming up, here are six tips that will help you survive possibly the best week of...
Sep 18, 2017
Student blogs: First day at university nerves
I went to university at twenty-two. I left it a little late because I know for a fact I was not ready to go to university straight out of...
Sep 13, 2017
Student Blogs: My perspective on university mental health services
Exam periods, essay writing, presentations, tuition fees and student loans are only some aspects of university life that may cause...
Sep 11, 2017
Student Blogs: How I dealt with homesickness at university
For most of you, university will probably be your first experience of living away from home. While some people adapt to this new style of...