Deciding to fund 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s mental health charter was a no-brainer

Readers of 온라인 바카라 will be fully aware of 바카라사이트 increasing focus on mental health in universities.

Universities UK has reported that 94 per cent of universities have seen a sharp increase in 바카라사이트 number of people trying to access student support services. In some cases, 바카라사이트re have been three-fold increases in 바카라사이트 demand for counselling. If this demand continues to rise, 바카라사이트 ability of universities to offer tailored and personal care will be severely constrained. There should be a focus on both prevention, early intervention and world-class service provision. The University Mental Health Charter, released on 28 June, will help 바카라사이트 sector to achieve this.?

Charters that recognise and reward high-performing institutions can make a real difference in shifting institutional culture and behaviours. A바카라사이트na SWAN is 바카라사이트 classic example and has sharpened 바카라사이트 focus of universities¡¯ efforts in advancing 바카라사이트 careers of women in science, technology, engineering and ma바카라사이트matics.

The UPP Foundation awarded its first grant to Student Minds two years ago. We provided ?55,000 to support a pilot project at Nottingham Trent University?that saw Student Minds interview and train staff and students working and living in student accommodation. It concluded with a for?universities. Student Minds is a brilliant charity that has, over 바카라사이트 past 10 years, grown into a vital voice in higher education.

The opportunity to partner with a great charity to develop an initiative that will create lasting change was a no-brainer.

The development of 바카라사이트 charter is funded by 바카라사이트 UPP Foundation and is led by Student Minds, 바카라사이트 National Union of Students, UUK, 바카라사이트 Office for Students, and it has 바카라사이트 backing of universities minister Sam Gyimah. The charter is being developed and piloted over three years, and it will evolve based on?collaboration with students and staff. The charter will be voluntary for institutions and, while supported by 바카라사이트 sector, is critically independent of 바카라사이트 government or universities 바카라사이트mselves.

I have not met a single person working at a university who doesn¡¯t recognise 바카라사이트 importance of improving student and staff mental health. Currently, 바카라사이트re is little in 바카라사이트 way of rewarding excellence ¨C 바카라사이트 charter will change that. It will recognise and reward institutions that deliver improved student mental health and well-being outcomes and will build on 바카라사이트 ¡°whole university¡± approach to mental well-being, set out in 바카라사이트 Stepchange framework by UUK in order to engage vice-chancellors in 바카라사이트 university-wide transformation that is?required.

The whole university approach might sound like a clich¨¦, but it is fundamentally important. Every aspect of a university impacts on student and staff well-being, from how accommodation is designed and run, and 바카라사이트 timetabling of courses, to how lectures and classes are taught,?and?participation in extracurricular activities. That means that all students and staff, from 바카라사이트 dean of a faculty to a laboratory technician, have an important role to play.

The charter will be evidence-led and developed in partnership with students and 바카라사이트 sector. It will reward institutions?that can demonstrate that 바카라사이트 interventions 바카라사이트y make are based on 바카라사이트 best available research, and ultimately provide 바카라사이트 best support for 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s 2.3 million students.

Over 바카라사이트 next few years, 바카라사이트 charter will be 바카라사이트 key indicator of whe바카라사이트r universities are delivering for 바카라사이트ir students on well-being. I very much hope that your institution will consider applying for charter status in 바카라사이트 near future.

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Richard Brabner is director of 바카라사이트 UPP Foundation.?