How UCEM’s disability and welfare team supported me with my mental health

How UCEM’s disability and welfare team supported me with my mental health

Our disability and welfare team is trained to support students with physical and sensory impairments, specific learning difficulties, autism spectrum disorders, mental health conditions, and long-term health conditions.   Here,…
Podcast: UCEM in conversation with… Josh Olney

Podcast: UCEM in conversation with… Josh Olney

Episode 5 of our 'UCEM in conversation with...' podcast series sees UCEM PR and social media manager, Andrew Belt, speak to Josh Olney - AKA The Apprenticeship Guy.   Josh…
Principal Thoughts: Being kind to yourself and to others

Principal Thoughts: Being kind to yourself and to others

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley looks back at Mental Health Awareness Week and shares his reflections on an initiative which can be…
Mental Health Awareness Week 2020: Our Trustees’ messages on kindness

Mental Health Awareness Week 2020: Our Trustees’ messages on kindness

The theme for this year's Mental Health Awareness Week is 'kindness'. Four of our Trustees shared their thoughts on kindness and here's what they had to say...   "Acts of…
Mental Health Awareness Week: Guest blog by a UCEM staff member

Mental Health Awareness Week: Guest blog by a UCEM staff member

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and we have been getting behind the initiative with posts designed to raise awareness of mental health. We also had the pleasure of…
Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Buildings as cultural symbols

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Buildings as cultural symbols

Each week, UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper points us in the direction of interesting stories from the Built Environment. This week, Lucy provides her thoughts on mental health to…
Student stories: Louise’s journey to achieve good mental health

Student stories: Louise’s journey to achieve good mental health

After launching our monthly ‘Student stories’ blog last month with Ranikque Hayden-Best describing her route to becoming a Quantity Surveyor, this month we hand over the reins to our BSc…
Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Mental health and wellbeing

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Mental health and wellbeing

Each week, UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper points us in the direction of interesting stories from the Built Environment. This week, to mark Time to Talk Day and ahead of University…
World Mental Health Day 2018 – What we can do to break the stigma and build awareness: Guest blog by UCEM Principal, Ashley Wheaton

World Mental Health Day 2018 – What we can do to break the stigma and build awareness: Guest blog by UCEM Principal, Ashley Wheaton

We need to talk about mental health. Mental health issues are not going away and have been in existence since the beginning of time, but it is only recently that…