On the 24th January, we were delighted to co-host this event as part of the Mental Health Question Time series. The series is a partnership between the UCL Division of Psychiatry, The Lancet Psychiatry and the National Elf Service .
Mental Health Question Time is a series of regular free to attend public discussions that take place in London and online. Our aim is to bring together patients, service users, carers, health and social care professionals, researchers, policy makers, commissioners, politicians, journalists and others, to talk about important mental health topics.
This is timely topic for the start of the year and featured a a panel of expert speakers who provided insight on realistic measures universities can implement, based on their own experiences, research, and evidence-based practice.
This event has now taken place, but the hour long session was recorded and you can catch up online.
Mental Health Question Time is a series of regular free to attend public discussions that take place in London and online. Our aim is to bring together patients, service users, carers, health and social care professionals, researchers, policy makers, commissioners, politicians, journalists and others, to talk about important mental health topics.
This is timely topic for the start of the year and featured a a panel of expert speakers who provided insight on realistic measures universities can implement, based on their own experiences, research, and evidence-based practice.
This event has now taken place, but the hour long session was recorded and you can catch up online.
Event Overview
Going to university represents a major transition—and potentially a major challenge—in young people’s lives. Over the past few years it has increasingly been reported that university students are struggling with their mental health. However, research in this area is still in its infancy, so it is difficult to fully understand the scale of this issue and how to tackle it. Furthermore, institutions are struggling to offer adequate support, despite students being a population that is potentially easy for services to reach.
After a year of remote learning and a great deal of uncertainty over the coming months, how can we take meaningful steps towards improving students’ mental health and wellbeing?
Sign up now for this free hour-long online event to discuss the future of student mental health and wellbeing.
Chair
Tayla is a researcher we funded as part of our second funding call, to undertake 'An evaluation of a study groups social intervention to support the mental health and wellbeing of MSc students'.
@taylamccloud
Panel
Speakers will consists of a range of SMaRteN Team Members and funded researchers, alongside representatives from Times Higher Education and the Wellcome Trust.
Emma is a member of the SMaRteN Leadership Team and will soon be publishing a practical Toolkit to assist University and NHS services wishing to develop partnerships, named the 'Student Services Partnerships Evaluation and Quality Standards' (SPEQS), as part of a team from The University of Sheffield and University College London.
The SPEQS Toolkit is part of the Mentally Healthy Universities Movement and aligns with the Stepchange: Mentally Healthy Universities, University Mental Health Charter, and NHS Long Term Plan. This work is part of a wider Office for Students-funded Student Mental Health Partnerships project and in collaboration with Universities UK, Student Minds and NHS England.
Michelle is a researcher we funded as part of our first funding call for her project 'Assessing the mental health of Widening Participation Students across their journeys into and through elite Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)'
Alongside this research, she has contributed to a variety of SMaRteN events and also runs the website 'Improving the Student Experience in Higher Education'. This website pulls together information, guidance, support and practical advice in the undergraduate and postgraduate taught areas to assist managers, academics and members of the professional service teams within universities who are responsible for improving the student experience across the entire student lifecycle. Colleagues can contribute to the site by visiting the website and case study contribution pages.
We hope that the public discussions are accessible to everyone who wants to join in, whether that’s in person or by watching the live video stream and joining the conversation on Twitter at #MHQT.
After a year of remote learning and a great deal of uncertainty over the coming months, how can we take meaningful steps towards improving students’ mental health and wellbeing?
Sign up now for this free hour-long online event to discuss the future of student mental health and wellbeing.
Chair
- Tayla McCloud, PhD Student, Department of Psychiatry, University College London
Tayla is a researcher we funded as part of our second funding call, to undertake 'An evaluation of a study groups social intervention to support the mental health and wellbeing of MSc students'.
@taylamccloud
Panel
Speakers will consists of a range of SMaRteN Team Members and funded researchers, alongside representatives from Times Higher Education and the Wellcome Trust.
- Emma Broglia, Senior Research Fellow at @BACP & Research Policy Lead @SheffieldPsy. @EmmaBroglia
Emma is a member of the SMaRteN Leadership Team and will soon be publishing a practical Toolkit to assist University and NHS services wishing to develop partnerships, named the 'Student Services Partnerships Evaluation and Quality Standards' (SPEQS), as part of a team from The University of Sheffield and University College London.
The SPEQS Toolkit is part of the Mentally Healthy Universities Movement and aligns with the Stepchange: Mentally Healthy Universities, University Mental Health Charter, and NHS Long Term Plan. This work is part of a wider Office for Students-funded Student Mental Health Partnerships project and in collaboration with Universities UK, Student Minds and NHS England.
- Michelle Morgan, Improving the Student Experience @it_se
Michelle is a researcher we funded as part of our first funding call for her project 'Assessing the mental health of Widening Participation Students across their journeys into and through elite Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)'
Alongside this research, she has contributed to a variety of SMaRteN events and also runs the website 'Improving the Student Experience in Higher Education'. This website pulls together information, guidance, support and practical advice in the undergraduate and postgraduate taught areas to assist managers, academics and members of the professional service teams within universities who are responsible for improving the student experience across the entire student lifecycle. Colleagues can contribute to the site by visiting the website and case study contribution pages.
- Julia Haas, Student Wellbeing and Welfare Manager, King's College London @juliahaas07
- Seeta Bhardwa, Student Content Editor, Times Higher Education @THEUniAdvice
- Shuranjeet Singh, Founder of Taraki, Advisor at the Wellcome Trust, DPhil Student at the University of Oxford @Shuranjeet
We hope that the public discussions are accessible to everyone who wants to join in, whether that’s in person or by watching the live video stream and joining the conversation on Twitter at #MHQT.