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that support services are only one part of the picture. Mental health is shaped by belonging, inclusion, housing, finances, relationships, and academic pressure.

We need to stop framing this as a crisis of individuals — and start designing universities that support wellbeing from the ground up.

to remember that the young people at university today are the people who had their adolescent years profoundly disrupted by the COVID lockdowns and the decision to shut schools. There were stark warnings at the time about the impact this would have on youth mental health.

Our research shows