For the final webinar of our Staff Training Spring 2024 webinar series, we were joined by Jenny Smith, Policy Manager at Student Minds, who discussed the intertwined relationship between students’ mental health and financial difficulties.
The session explored:
- How financial difficulties impact student mental health and vice versa.
- The policy changes Student Minds would like to see and how the government can support higher education institutions
- The work Student Minds is doing to learn about and combat student financial hardship
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0:00 Intro
2:59 Describing students’ financial situation
10:15 Intro to Student Minds
13:38 What is Student Space?
16:50 The link between mental health & financial hardship
24:39 Blackbullion’s Student Money & Wellbeing findings
27:41 Students Minds’ work on financial hardship
29:35 Student Minds Cost of Living Hub
33:24 The Student Mental Health Manifesto
42:04 Applying a whole-university approach to student financial support
51:10 Q&A
More info
You can download Jenny’s slides here.
Watch Student Minds video from the presentation: The Student Mental Health Manifesto: Our vision for a future where everyone can thrive.
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