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EPISODE · Jun 9, 2026 · 29 MIN

Nurture-U Episode 4: Taking Action - What Next for Student Wellbeing?

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Five years of research. 14,000 students surveyed. Interventions tested. A whole-university framework developed. Now: what needs to change?In the final episode of the Nurture-U Podcast, researchers, university leaders and students reflect on what it will take to turn evidence into action. What are universities actually responsible for? How do we scale what works? And what do students need most?Three things universities can do right now:Lead from the top — make student mental health a board-level priority, not just a departmental onePrevention, prevention, prevention — build mental health literacy into induction and the curriculumWork with students — if it doesn't meet their needs, you are wasting your timeFeaturing Professor Ed Watkins (Nurture-U PI, University of Exeter), Professor Sir Steve West (Vice Chancellor, UWE), Dr Jane Harris (University of Oxford), Kate Wicklow (GuildHE), Yanting Sun and Rida Ali. Presented by André Tomlin, The Mental Elf.Find all four episodes and access all Nurture-U resources at https://www.nurtureuniversity.co.ukNurture-U is funded by the Medical Research Council, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and the Economic and Social Research Council. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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