Mental health has been a huge focus this year and I want to keep you up to date with everything that is happening in the university to improve student mental health. Following on from the ‘We will be heard’ campaign, the Vice-chancellor's taskforce is working on embedding mental health support across the university.  

There are plans in place, depending on feasibility, to put specialist mental health support into every single school to provide students with quicker and more effective support. With this, our undergraduate officer, Jenna Chapman has also secured the commitment of the university to train all advisors in mental health first aid which is a great development.  

More funding has also been secured by Student Support Services which allows them to support students better by introducing two extra therapists, mental health and disability advisors as well as looking at how best to implement a swift response team to help students crisis. There is an emphasis being placed on tackling different aspects of university which can have an impact on student life for example; built environment, academics and transitioning. I will be working alongside student support to help promote the aid they are providing with their waiting times in order to be completely transparent with you, the students.