Campaign for Change
Student Union Elections 2013
Student Welfare is important. If you are going to have a union to protect the rights of students and enhance the “student experience,” shouldn't they care quite a bit about the mental health of students? You would have thought so, and yet student mental health falls off the union agenda all too often.
Student Welfare is a HUGE job, ranging from housing to academic support, from sexual health to mental health. YOU have a chance, and a responsibility, to make sure that the candidates you elect for Sabbatical roles in YOUR union really care about student mental health.
Student Welfare is a HUGE job, ranging from housing to academic support, from sexual health to mental health. YOU have a chance, and a responsibility, to make sure that the candidates you elect for Sabbatical roles in YOUR union really care about student mental health.
Have your candidates made a pledge to make student mental health a priority?Make sure your candidates sign our pledge about student mental health. Don't forget to document this & get it out over social media - be it a photo of them signing or a scanned copy of their pledge certificate - you want the student population to hold them to their promise!
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Have your candidates explained what they will do to make student mental health a priority?
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Can your election candidates answer the following questions?
- With ¼ of students experiencing psychological distress, it is surprising that we don’t talk more openly about student mental health – if elected, what will you do to encourage students to talk openly about mental health?
- If you are elected, what will you do to ensure that students are able to access the support they need?
- Students with mental health problems tend to achieve lower final exam grades, this seems to suggest that we need to do more to support students with mental health problems to achieve their full potential. If elected, what will you do to ensure that students with mental health problems access the support they need to achieve their potential?
- Surveys in other countries, including Scotland, suggest that less than 20% of students would consider approaching university counselling services when they suffered from stress. Do we know how students on this campus feel about approaching the university counselling service for support? If you are elected, what will you do to ensure that students feel confident about accessing support from the University Counselling Services?
