5 things you might have missed: 21st May

21 May 2025 by

A brief round of up things we’ve seen from the previous week that might be useful to you. 1. Department…

5 things you might have missed: 30th April

30 April 2025 by

A brief round of up things we’ve seen from the previous week that might be useful to you. 1. Supporting…

Social prescribing to enhance youth mental health and wellbeing: a pilot project

31 March 2025 by

Youth social prescribing offers an exciting opportunity to reimagine how we support the mental health and wellbeing of children and…

School-based wellbeing interventions: What does the research evidence say?

15 October 2024 by

There’s a lot of research about how best to support young people who have been affected by potentially traumatic experiences….

Navigating the transition to university: key factors for student success

Starting university is a huge milestone. It’s a very exciting time but can also be pretty daunting for some students….

News: ‘School is too much pressure’- young people identify school as a contributing factor to poor mental health

28 January 2024 by , 2 comments

NEW: Join us at 6.15pm on 27th February as we talk to Maddi and Sarah live about this research. There’ll…

Promoting positive mental health in a secondary school

18 April 2023 by

I’ve always been interested in applying Psychology at strategic levels within school systems, and have been working closely with the…

Using data to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of young people

28 February 2023 by

We have written previously about our use of locally-gathered mental health and wellbeing data to support our educational establishments with…

‘Happier during lockdown’: positive experiences of COVID-19 lockdowns and how we can create positive change

28 November 2022 by , 1 comment

When the pandemic first hit, I, like most mental health researchers, was extremely concerned about how it could impact the…

The Queer Mental Health Workbook: A creative self-help guide using CBT, CFT and DBT

22 March 2022 by

The world feels pretty upside down right now. COVID-19 is still affecting people worldwide, the cost-of-living is soaring, and the…