Research degree: Doctor of Professional Practice Community and Social Care: Policy and Practice
Start date: 2022
Research summary
Project Title: Changing the narrative: mental health crisis in Higher Education? Opportunity or threat.
What's it like living and studying with a mental health condition in higher education? What works? What doesn't - an exploration of opportunities and threats based on real lived experiences.
Focus groups open to those who identify with having a mental health condition (diagnosed or otherwise).
Individual conversations using basic SWOT analysis framework. Question strengths and weaknesses studying with a mental health condition. What works and what doesn't. What opportunities are available inside education institutions? What opportunities are available outside? Family, work, volunteering? What are the threats? What worries you? What obstacles or barrier hold you back?
What do you think works? What support would you like to be made available to you? What does support look like?
Do you access existing support mechanisms, are you aware of them? If not what holds you back?
If yes, how useful is it? In supporting you personally, what supports you in completing your studies, assignments and assessments.
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Research Supervisor: Jacqueline Williams, Ruth Parkes, Helen Beckett
Student: Rebecca Drozd
