Office for Students
🠔 Resources for supporting student mental health

These are resources produced as part of our funding programmes. We encourage you to explore evidence-based resources from credible sources to support the development of your approach.

Contents

1. Guidance and frameworks
Practical information for university staff who are involved in student support.
2. Reports, academic papers, and evaluation
Evidence to inform your practice.
3. Case studies
How other providers have approached the problem, and what they learned.
4. Example student-facing resources
Examples of resources, content and activities that providers have created for or with their students.

Guidance and frameworks

  • Workshop for supervisors (pptx)

    Queen Mary University of London

    Together with the Charlie Waller Trust, the university has developed a workshop for supervisors that includes guidance on recognising signs of poor mental health, practical advice on talking and listening to students in crisis and highlights the importance of caring for your own mental wellbeing as a supervisor.

Reports, academic papers, and evaluation

  • Technician report (PDF)

    University of Liverpool

    A report on the role of technical staff in supporting student mental health and wellbeing.

Case studies

  • Associate tutor network

    University of East Anglia

    The development of a network for postgraduate research students employed as associate tutors to share their experiences and discuss topics particularly relevant to their roles as associate tutors.

Example student-facing resources

  • ADAPT to Thrive website

    University College London

    The website for the ADAPT to Thrive programme of events and resources. The site includes videos from researchers at different stages in their careers, exploring how they have learned from failure.

Resources by theme

We recently made changes to our student mental health pages to make it easier to find resources that you can use in your work. If you have any thoughts or feedback on the new pages and how the pages are organised, please get in touch.

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