• Training Room

    Supporting Student Mental Health and Wellbeing - All Staff
    Provider   Wellbeing

    This course will help you feel more confident having conversations about mental health with students, so they feel safe, supported, and comfortable opening up, without fear of stigma or judgement.

Duration 2 hours

Course Type Workshop

Booking Status Waiting List

Is this course right for me?

Target Audience: Any staff who have student contact

This pilot session is open to all staff who have contact with students, whether you’re in teaching, admin, accommodation services, academic advising, or any other student-facing role. The session is designed to help you create an environment where students feel safe, supported, and able to talk about how they’re feeling, free from stigma or discrimination. Together, we’ll look at how to:

 

  • Recognise signs that a student might be struggling with their mental health

  • Build confidence in starting and guiding supportive conversations

  • Use inclusive, non-stigmatising language

  • Understand realistic next steps and appropriate boundaries within your role

 

We’ll also explore students’ experiences of mental health stigma, the barriers to open conversations, and how to plan practical actions that put an anti-stigma approach at the heart of your support.

 

About the session

 

This session presumes that wellbeing support is not a main part of your role. It’s designed for staff who may occasionally have mental health or wellbeing conversations as part of their work but who don’t have specific training, experience, or dedicated time for this. The session focuses on realistic scenarios where time and resources are limited, and it provides practical guidance on how to listen, respond appropriately, and signpost to further support.

This course has been developed and will be delivered by See Me, in partnership with the University Workplace Wellbeing Team. It’s shaped by some important research findings:

  • 79% of Scottish students have experienced unfair treatment from teachers, lecturers, tutors or trainers because of their mental health (See Me).

  • In 2022, 36% of university students reported moderately severe or severe symptoms of depression, and 57% said they hid a mental health problem for fear of stigma (Mental Health Foundation).

The Mental Health Foundation recommends that universities find new ways to build staff skills, knowledge and confidence to better support student wellbeing.

This pilot session is See Me and Think Positive’s response, designed to spark fresh thinking about what really helps (and what doesn’t) when supporting open, confident conversations about mental health.



Delivered By: See Me - Mental Health Stigma Charity

Prerequisites

You are in a role that brings you into contact with students, including admin, operational and support staff. This session presumes that wellbeing support is not a main part of your role. It’s designed for staff who may occasionally have mental health or wellbeing conversations as part of their work but who don’t have specific training, experience, or dedicated time for this. The session focuses on realistic scenarios where time and resources are limited, and it provides practical guidance on how to listen, respond appropriately, and signpost to further support.