We're now halfway through term one, so from today up until Christmas all of your Officer Trustees will be providing blog updates on what they've been working on! Our first Officer Trustee update comes from your Deputy President (Education), Daniel Lo.
As a Union, we want to do everything we can to fulfil our duty of care to keep you safe in our venues, and to give you the resources you need to look after yourselves beyond the four walls of the Quad.
This year for World Mental Health Day, I wanted to focus on why mental health and wellbeing matters so much for us at university. Whether you’re a returning student, or a first year starting out, it can be an overwhelming time and often we don’t realise that our mental health is starting to worsen until we’re in the middle of a crisis.