We asked nine boys about a time they worked through some unhappiness
Danny ShawThis week is Mental Health Awareness Week
We asked a mental health expert how to deal with not being allowed back to uni this term
Charissa CheongFrom how to deal with inadequate support from university staff, to thinking about whether you should intermit
At least 39 ambulances have been called to unis for suicide and self-harm this term
Greg BarradaleThe figure is already over half of last academic year’s
Tutors don’t have enough mental health training, and unis need to change this
Lydia VennOne student was told to drop out by her tutor when she shared her mental health problems
My terrible halls of residence made my mental health so bad that I had to move
Harry AinsworthThere’s a loneliness epidemic and bad halls are making it worse
Named and shamed: Eleven unis didn’t appoint any new mental health staff this year
Maddy MussenSome of them have even decreased their staff numbers
King’s students wait up to a month for uni mental health counselling services
Ishita UppadhayayAnd they can wait two weeks between appointments
Exeter is the only UK uni to reduce its mental health support staff in the last year
Michael RudlingThe support staff have dropped from 42 to 39
Georgia Mooney
Victoria Juszkiewicz
