World Suicide Prevention Day, 10th September 2019
A note from Chukumeka Maxwell of Orchid Community & Associates: September, as the start of a new academic year can feel like a time of new beginnings. It is also the month of World Suicide Prevention Day. Suicide is a global issue that...
First MHFA training day a success!
On 16th May, the first of our 7 Mental Health First Aid in Higher Education training days took place in Truro. 12 of our learning support consultants across all NMH roles attended the session run by Louise Ansell of Sky Bounders. We received excellent feedback from...
NMH Association feedback to DfE
In January 2019, Chris Skidmore, Universities Minister, released a statement following the conclusion of DfE research, praising the support that the DSA provides to disabled students, stating that more than half of students who...
Mental Health Awareness Week
It's Mental Health Awareness Week 13-19th May! During this year's Mental Health Awareness Week, Heads Together, a mental health initiative spearheaded by The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have...
Student Minds
Get involved or show your support! This year we have chosen to support leading UK student mental health charity, Student Minds. On UMHD Plymouth University Student Minds volunteers will be in the main foyer of the Student's Union from 10am-4pm offering direction...
University Mental Health Day 2019
Amano Donate to Student Minds! To kick off our All of Us campaign, we will be making a £500 donation this University Mental Health Day to organisers and our chosen charity of the year, Student Minds. Student Minds do invaluable work to help bring about change and...
Does DSA work?- The Report
Given the recent changes to DSAs funding and provision, the Department for Education (DfE) recently commissioned IFF Research to evaluate the appropriateness of the current DSA model. The main aim of the study was to assess the extent to which DSAs are meeting their...
Call to improve support for disabled students
More students with a disability are going to university than ever before, but we need greater progress to level the playing field. Chris Skidmore, Universities Minister, wants universities to do as much as they can to support this underrepresented group. Read the full...
Stand-out Amano Consultants!
SPELL Framework Autism Training 27th November 2018 We are delighted to have received some excellent feedback from Susan Kimber of the National Autistic Society following a training session held in November 2018: I would like to pass on my thoughts about the recent...
DSA Claim It!
It's estimated that in 2017 nearly half the people eligible for DSA did not make a claim. For many students the funding from DSA and the extra support from their uni allows them to continue studying, rather than leaving their course* Amano are supporting the Claim It!...