Mental health leave offered to Taiwanese students as youth suicides double Scheme allows three days off each term as high school stress and depression rates soar
Bereaved parents say review into student suicides in England is ‘slap in the face’ Parents say government’s planned review has too short a timeframe and will not be sufficiently rigorous
Walking just 11 minutes a day could stop 10% of early deaths, researchers find Weekly 75 minutes of moderate-intensity activity is half the amount recommended by the NHS
Parents ‘horrified’ by response to petition after suicide of Bristol student Government declines to act on call for legal duty of care for all students after death of Natasha Abrahart in 2018
UK student housing reaching ‘crisis point’ as bad as 1970s, charity warns Growing numbers of students are experiencing hidden homelessness or accepting poor accommodation
Parents urge UK universities to reveal student suicide rates Inquest to be held into death of Harry Armstrong Evans, who was at University of Exeter
UK universities call for maintenance loan uplift amid students’ financial woes Russell Group says rise in hardship funding also needed as survey shows average maintenance loan falls £439 short each month
Contemplation can help problem-solving and boost creativity, study claims People prefer to keep busy rather than to enjoy a moment of reflection, researchers find
‘When you stop fighting, that’s when you start grieving’: the parents battling to prevent student suicide In the four years since their daughter killed herself at university, Robert and Margaret Abrahart have been trying to understand why she was left to cope with her problems alone – and to help other vulnerable young people
Third of new students in England show signs of depression, survey suggests ‘Experimental’ ONS survey of first-years finds 37% have symptoms of depression and 39% of anxiety