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The SMaRteN blog is where we hear from practitioners, academics, students and others about their work in the student mental health sector. 
We're always looking for new Blog posts: to contribute, email smarten@kcl.ac.uk or read our Blog Post Guidance.

​BAME and LGBTQIA+ University Staff Voices Needed: A new Mentally Healthy Universities Programme

7/30/2019

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Mind will soon be launching an exciting pilot programme to support mental health at universities – working across the university student body, the higher education workforce, and with universities as employers.

In the next two years they will have a variety of opportunities (paid and voluntary) to get involved in designing, developing and reviewing their programme content and to share your experiences


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Mental health and wellbeing in PhD students - call for collaboration

7/3/2019

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Overview of the project
Recent research in Europe and Australia has drawn significant attention to the increased prevalence of psychological distress (a commonly used indicator for mental health) in PhD students. Evidence shows that PhD students experience higher levels of stress compared with undergraduate students and the general population. This leads to increased withdrawal rates, longer completion times and the risk of longer term effects on mental health and wellbeing. Whilst the types of challenges that PhD students face have been identified, very little is known about how these vary across the student journey and this makes it difficult to design appropriate interventions. 


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