This webinar series comprised seven OfS-funded student mental health projects sharing their approaches on how they have supported groups of students.
Institutions across the higher education sector are working hard to develop innovative and impactful approaches to student mental health.
In 2020, the OfS awarded £3 million in funding to 18 projects to trial innovative mental health interventions in different higher educational settings over a two-year period.
The programme seeks to identify effective approaches in supporting groups of students with characteristics identified as increasing the risk of poor mental health or groups of students who might experience barriers to accessing support due to their course, mode of study, or other characteristics.
As the programme draws to a close, a selection of projects shared their experiences through these webinars, including what has worked well, challenges encountered and evaluation findings.
Webinar 1
University of Central Lancashire
Creative Mental Health Framework: reducing mental health stigma for the LGBT+ community
University of Westminster
UniVRse: Co-developing, evaluating and implementing a virtual reality intervention for first-generation university students with social anxiety
Coventry University
Mental health: resources for hard-to-reach student groups
Wavehill
Wavehill, the independent programme-level evaluators, presented their interim findings across all projects.
Download the slides (PDF, 8.8 MB)
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Welcome and introduction |
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OfS - our role |
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OfS approach to student mental health |
What we're doing in mental health Mental health Challenge Competition Access and participation plans:
Data evidence and insight - Insight brief: Mental health: Are all students being properly supported? Effective practice: TASO What works Partnership working: Action learning sets on student mental health |
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The mental health funding competition |
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The mental health funding competition timeline |
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Wavehill: external programme evaluators |
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University of Central Lancashire: creative mental health framework |
In Focus SKY TV Show teaser - YouTube ‘Just like me’: Supporting the mental health of LGBTQ+ students through creative activities |
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University of Westminster: a mental health virtual reality intervention |
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Coventry University: Mental health resources for hard-to-reach groups |
Ashleigh Hargrave - Linkedin profile Mental health support for students - Overview |
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Contact details |
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Webinar 2
London South Bank University
Proactive and preventative interventions for Black students at LSBU
ACM Guildford
Many Hands Project: A collaborative approach to improving mental health solutions for students in small-setting higher education providers
St Mary's Twickenham
Mind the Gaps! First in family students and students without family support: managing transitions and mental health
Bristol University
Supporting the mental health of autistic students
Download the slides (PDF, 3.5 MB)
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OfS - our role |
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OfS approach to student mental health |
What we're doing in mental health Mental health Challenge Competition Access and participation plans:
Data evidence and insight - Insight brief: Mental health: Are all students being properly supported? Effective practice: TASO What works Partnership working: Action learning sets on student mental health |
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The mental health funding competition |
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The mental health funding competition timeline |
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London South Bank University: Proactive and preventative interventions for Black students |
Co-creation to develop culturally competent mental health support for students |
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Contact details |
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Further information
Contact: Please email [email protected]
About the programme: Read more about our mental health funding competition, including case studies, videos from student co-creators and details of funded projects.