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Life as a Black student explores the lived experience of eight Black students studying and living in the U.K. Our aim is to move away from the stereotypical understanding of a 'homogeneous' experience, and instead we're being led by the lived experience of students in a more meaningful and authentic way. This podcast series explores the Black student experience of mental health in Higher Education through four focused areas - intersectionality, family expectations, leadership to imposte...

This week, neurodivergent Coventry University student Elizabeth Mullenger discusses inclusion, adaptation and misconception with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, a PhD candidate from the ADHD research lab at King’s College London. Elizabeth’s interest in neurodivergence stems from her own experience of attending university whilst living with borderline personality disorder; navigating barriers and exploring new learning opportunities. Elizabeth and Anne-Laure now both work in student participation ...

In this week’s episode, the host is Tanatswa Chikaura. Tanatswa is a mental health advocate and master’s in Neuroscience student from the University of Cambridge. In Zimbabwe, her home country, Tanatswa leads a mental health organisation that seeks to promote good mental health for children, adolescents, and youths called Ndinewe Foundation; and her research interests lie primarily in cognitive neuroscience. Tanatswa is joined by Ph.D researcher Madhuri Kamtam from the University of East Angl...

In this episode, we dive into the mental health challenges faced by post-graduate and mature students in a university setting. Titus Joseph, a masters student studying Public Health at the University of Nottingham, speaks with Dr. Patricia (Trish) Jackman, Associate Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Lincoln, about her research.Titus is a mature student and has experienced his own set of personal challenges as he went back to university at the age of 33. Balancing...

(CW: death, mentions of self-harm and suicide) To kick off series 2 with SMaRteN this week’s episode, Elia Chitwa, a recent graduate from the University of Cambridge and current student union sabbatical officer, is joined by Dr Dionne Taylor, an Associate Professor at Birmingham City University. They talk about Dionne’s SMaRteN-funded research which is centred on the creation of student-led wellbeing programmes to improve Black students' mental health, with a particular focus on the impl...

We are thrilled to welcome back our students & SMaRteN from our collab series ‘Keeping Students in Mind: Understanding Student Mental Health Research’ for a special reunion episode! This one-off focuses on post-uni life to celebrate the coming together of mental health researchers from across the U.K for the SMaRteN conference last week. Hearing from new and familiar graduates, we discuss how leaving university can be a difficult time, even if you have something lined up straight aft...