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- Sep 23, 2020
All Bets Are Off – Gambling Addiction Recovery Podcast
We recently held a ProtectED Reflections event, Student Financial Wellbeing – Good practice in enabling student financial resilience and dealing with gambling issues, featuring Gamcare. We wanted to give you some further information on gambling issues including first hand accounts of how gambling has disrupted students lives. In April the 'All Bets Are Off' podcast was created as a gambling addiction recovery podcast. They cover a large range of gambling support and personal

- Sep 18, 2020
ProtectED Review – Issue 19
Read our latest newsletter, ProtectED Review – Issue 19, here.


- Sep 15, 2020
Starting university without support from your parents
Starting university is challenging and can feel pretty overwhelming at the best of times. There is so much to think about and there will be so many new experiences awaiting you. And this year due to Covid 19 much of the tuition is likely to be online for some time and social distancing rules apply on campus. Hopefully though you are excited and looking forward to it. If you are going into higher education without the support from your parents and maybe also your wider family,


- Sep 15, 2020
Guide for Estranged Students
This fantastic guide has been written by someone who has been through this process and wanted to make the process easier for anyone following a similar path. Eira Wallace told us, "I became estranged at the start of 2016 and left an abusive home with nothing more than a few clothes and the books I had taken to school that day. Since then, I completed my A-Levels, a Bachelor's degree, and a Master's degree. Along the way, I realised how the experiences of estranged students we

- Sep 10, 2020
The Guardian: One in four students unable to access online learning during lockdown – survey
Another interesting piece in The Guardian that covers a subject ProtectED is passionate about. We recently held a ProtectED Reflections event talking on the subject of Student Finances, which included the availability of equipment and WIFI for some students. . Read the full article here


- Sep 3, 2020
Student Financial Wellbeing - Good practice in enabling student financial resilience and dealing wit
On Thursday 27 August 2020 we held our fourth ProtectED Reflections webinar, Student Financial Wellbeing - Good practice in enabling student financial resilience and dealing with gambling issues, where we discussed the current struggles that students are facing with their finances, and some of the solutions. We explored what help is out there to address related issues, such as gambling, and how to recognise potentially problematic behaviours. We were pleased to welcome our sp