Call for Edinburgh College students to share your views on mental health support at college
The Mental Health Foundation Scotland is calling on college students to share their experiences to help improve mental health and wellbeing support at colleges across the country. All participants will be offered the chance to be entered into prize draw, 3 prizes of £50 available!
Thriving Learners is the largest ever study of student mental health in Scotland. It is hoped at least 10,000 college students from the 26 colleges and further education institutions will participate in the survey.
Julie Cameron, Associate Director at Mental Health Foundation Scotland, said:
"We're asking college students all over Scotland to get involved in our Thriving Learners project. We know that in the past two years the pandemic has had a huge impact on student wellbeing but even before that there were challenges, and also opportunities to improve student mental health and the support available".
"We're eager to hear from students about their experiences, both positive and negative. We want to learn from their knowledge and ideas about what works and what's needed to prevent and support mental health problems at college".
This is second phase of the Thriving learners study which is led by Mental Health Foundation in partnership with Colleges Scotland and Universities Scotland, with funding from The Robertson Trust. Over 15,000 university students took part in the first phase of the study in 2021, with the findings used to create a series of reccomendations to improve mental health support and provision across the whole sector.
Participants will also be offered the chance to be entered into prize draw with three students at each college winning a share of £150 .
To find out more about Thriving Learners visit Mental Health Foundation website
To participate in the survey click here
Closing date is 29 April 2022