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This World Suicide Prevention Day, University Retreat – a collaborative drop-in service in Bournemouth where students define their own crises and receive immediate support – reminds us that flexible, student-led crisis support can save lives.

Michael Sanders and Julia Ellingwood discuss TASO’s new report on student mental health, highlighting the continued rise in mental health difficulties and the widening disparities for LGBTQ+ students. They argue that universities must do more to provide targeted support as the crisis deepens.

Today, TASO has published a new report highlighting the concerning growth of student mental health difficulties, particularly within the LGBTQ+ community. We found that reported mental health challenges have tripled since 2018, which we estimate equates to approximately 300,000 UK undergraduates.

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Advisory Group will provide insight and advice on TASO’s research and evaluation activities. 

TASO partners with the Policy Institute at King’s College London and three universities to run randomised controlled trials on the impact of wellbeing interventions prompted by analytics.

TASO, Bath Social & Development Research, Tharani Learning and Research and two universities will work together to explore the impact of mental health and wellbeing interventions.

TASO is working with Ipsos and three higher education providers to provide robust evidence on student mental health and wellbeing interventions.

Tatjana Damjanovic, TASO Research Officer, reflects on how mental health in the workplace – this year’s theme for World Mental Health Day (WMHD) – relates to students and where they study.

Tatjana Damjanovic, TASO Research Officer discusses changing the narrative on suicide, and looks at approaches in higher education, from training to triaging

Zak Adams, TASO Research Intern and Harvard mathematics student uncovers the data behind the persistent gaps affecting low-income students and their mental health.

For Mental Health Awareness Week, Dr Omar Khan, CEO at TASO, discusses how TASO plans to merge awareness with action to enhance support for student mental health and to create a proactive culture of wellbeing in higher education.

We will soon be publishing three new invitations to tender for projects evaluating student mental health interventions and inviting applications from higher education providers.