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Jan 15, 2018

Guest blog: The silence of a student nurse — Nursing my career or my courage?

Following the previous, and most recent, sex abuse scandals from Jimmy Savile to Harvey Weinstein, I wonder when our hard-working nurses...

Jan 10, 2018

Signposting support: The University of Salford's Student Progression Administrators

Studying for a university degree can be challenging, but as the saying goes – nothing worth doing is ever easy. As is often the case,...

Jan 2, 2018

A new scheme developed at the University of Salford aims to address worrying trends in student safet

Read the full article, which also discusses the appointment of Baroness Ruth Henig as the new ProtectED patron, here.

Dec 11, 2017

Canterbury street marshals: A whole community approach to student safety

Each year, a fresh wave of young people hit the UK's towns and cities for Freshers' Week, and reports of students being targeted by...

Dec 4, 2017

Speak Out Now! Loughborough Students' Union take action against sexual violence

This month, the National Union of Students (NUS), and the 1752 Group (who lobby against staff-to-student sexual misconduct in higher...

Nov 27, 2017

The Conversation: New apps give stressed or scared young people a reason to reach for their phones

Read the full article, which discusses the safety and wellbeing issues facing young people, and the mobile apps that can offer back up...

Nov 17, 2017

First ever national survey launched to investigate staff sexual misconduct in higher education

Today the National Union of Students and The 1752 Group launch the first ever national survey in the UK looking at staff sexual...

Nov 14, 2017

Mind The Gap: The mental health society for University of Newcastle students

Barely a week goes by without the issue of student mental health appearing in the news, along with calls to tackle what is often termed a...

Nov 7, 2017

Student blogs: Considering a postgraduate degree when you have a mental illness

Those who are a good chunk into their final year of their undergraduate degree, or perhaps even earlier, are probably starting to think...

Nov 6, 2017

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...

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