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An interview with XenZone founder Elaine Bousfield
Elaine Bousfield, a former therapist, is the founder of XenZone, an organisation that aims to remove barriers and increase access to...
Jan 23, 2018


Guest blog: The silence of a student nurse — Nursing my career or my courage?
Following the previous, and most recent, sex abuse scandals from Jimmy Savile to Harvey Weinstein, I wonder when our hard-working nurses...
Jan 15, 2018


Signposting support: The University of Salford's Student Progression Administrators
Studying for a university degree can be challenging, but as the saying goes – nothing worth doing is ever easy. As is often the case,...
Jan 10, 2018


A new scheme developed at the University of Salford aims to address worrying trends in student safet
Read the full article, which also discusses the appointment of Baroness Ruth Henig as the new ProtectED patron, here.
Jan 2, 2018


Student safety and wellbeing over the festive period
For many people, the next couple of weeks will be some of the busiest of the year, with presents to buy, places to be and work to finish...
Dec 21, 2017


SYEDA: Supporting students with an eating disorder in Sheffield
A 2015 report commissioned by eating disorder charity Beat, showed that 725,000 people are affected by an eating disorder in the UK. The...
Dec 14, 2017


Canterbury street marshals: A whole community approach to student safety
Each year, a fresh wave of young people hit the UK's towns and cities for Freshers' Week, and reports of students being targeted by...
Dec 11, 2017


Speak Out Now! Loughborough Students' Union take action against sexual violence
This month, the National Union of Students (NUS), and the 1752 Group (who lobby against staff-to-student sexual misconduct in higher...
Dec 4, 2017


The Conversation: New apps give stressed or scared young people a reason to reach for their phones
Read the full article, which discusses the safety and wellbeing issues facing young people, and the mobile apps that can offer back up...
Nov 27, 2017


Mind The Gap: The mental health society for University of Newcastle students
Barely a week goes by without the issue of student mental health appearing in the news, along with calls to tackle what is often termed a...
Nov 14, 2017









