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Improving student mental wellbeing and tackling the stigma attached to mental illness.

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Reena Staves

26th October 2020

The Feeling Good App – University of Edinburgh

The Feeling Good App is University of Edinburgh’s collaboration with the Foundation for Positive Mental Health, an Edinburgh-based charity. Together they have created the app to be a free-to-use resource for all students and staff. Already used by NHS Lothian, the Feeling Good App delivers Positive Mental Training through an easy-to-use audio programme which incorporates […]

12th October 2020

World Mental Health Day – 2020

There has been much research published on the positive impact of art, in all its forms, on boosting positive mental health and wellbeing. This World Mental Health Day, Reena, one of our Student Health Project Coordinators, spoke to the lovely Sally Nimmo, a mental health activist, artist and technology expert on her views of mental health and the arts and what’s been her go-to creative outlet during lockdown.

1st September 2020

Digital Wellbeing

“For students, access to innovative digital wellbeing solutions is no longer a luxury, it is a necessity. This is why Champion Health created their Uniheads service AND have made it available for free to every sixth-form, college and university student.” Learn more from UniHeads.

11th May 2020

Supporting students during COVID-19: Hayley Colbert, SRUCSA President

We recorded a brilliant conversation between Ash Morgan, VPFE for HISA, and Hayley Colbert, the SRUCSA President, from Scotland’s Rural Colleges. To our dismay, the video file corrupted, and we have been unable to retrieve it, nor any of the audio files which went alongside it. We were fortunate enough to capture some of Hayley’s […]

23rd April 2020

‘What Works’ – The University of Edinburgh

It is easy to underestimate the cathartic power of simple, everyday activities. Much of the mental health narrative relates to clinical models and one-to-one therapy/counselling. In the spirit of preventative work as well as normalizing everyday experiences in all life the Student Counselling Service (SCS) at the University of Edinburgh took a different perspective with ‘What Works’.

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