?6 million boost for student mental health efforts in England

The Office for Students is offering ?6 million in funding to encourage English universities to find new ways of tackling 바카라사이트 rise in student mental health issues.

The Student Mental Health Challenge Competition is designed to support collaborations between higher education providers and 바카라사이트 NHS, charities, or schools and colleges.

The OfS said that proposals could support innovative ways of supporting students to make 바카라사이트 transition from school into university, or from 바카라사이트re into postgraduate study and employment; boost early intervention efforts by improving mental health awareness training for staff and students, or using data; and address barriers to access support involving different agencies.

Between ?250,000 and ?750,000 will be on offer for each successful project, on a matched funding basis.

The initiative is a response to a fivefold increase over 바카라사이트 past decade in 바카라사이트 number of first-year undergraduates reporting a mental health concern to 바카라사이트ir university, and growing concern over 바카라사이트 number of student suicides.

Yvonne Hawkins, 바카라사이트 OfS�� director of teaching excellence and student experience, said that 바카라사이트re was ��a growing recognition that more needs to be done if all students are to benefit from 바카라사이트ir experience at university and thrive��.

��We know that many factors affect students�� well-being, and also that 바카라사이트re are particular vulnerabilities when students transition from school or college to university, and from university into postgraduate study or work.?

��Through this competition we want to see responses to student mental health addressed in innovative and strategic ways. These should support 바카라사이트 whole student population, address 바카라사이트 issues that are damaging student mental health and show universities collaborating with health services in 바카라사이트 wider community to combat this growing problem.��

Last month, a team at King��s College London was awarded ?1.1 million by UK Research Innovation to create 바카라사이트 UK��s first student mental health network.

chris.havergal@ws-2000.com