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 McCloud, PhD Student, Department of Psychiatry, University College London @taylamccloud

Speakers

• Seeta Bhardwa, Student Content Editor, Times Higher Education @THEUniAdvice
• Emma Broglia, Senior Research Fellow at @BACP & Research Policy Lead @SheffieldPsy. PhD in student mental health and counselling @EmmaBroglia
• Julia Haas, Student Wellbeing and Welfare Manager, King's College London @juliahaas07
• Michelle Morgan, Improving the Student Experience @it_se
• Shuranjeet Singh, Founder of Taraki, Advisor at the Wellcome Trust, DPhil Student at the University of Oxford @Shuranjeet

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.

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.

Mental Health Question Time is a partnership between the UCL Division of Psychiatry, The Lancet Psychiatry and the National Elf Service. This event is organised with the support of SMaRteN - The Student Mental Health Research Network.