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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:
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Recognise signs that a student might be struggling with their mental health
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Build confidence in starting and guiding supportive conversations
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Use inclusive, non-stigmatising language
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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.
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:
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79% of Scottish students have experienced unfair treatment from teachers, lecturers, tutors or trainers because of their mental health (See Me).
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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