Background Worsening mental health of students in higher education is a public policy
concern and the impact of measures to reduce transmission of COVID-19 has heightened …

A review of literature from the past 30 years establishes psychological distress as both a
longstanding and current issue affecting university students worldwide. Poorer academic …

Policy documents from OECD and UNESCO have been stressing the need to prepare
students for what has been termed a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world …

The purpose of this study is to map the literature on mental health and well-being of
university students using metadata extracted from 5,561 journal articles indexed in the Web …

University students experience stress, and how they cope with this stress affects their
academic achievement. This study examined stress in teacher education students and had …

Social support is consistently associated with positive outcomes for students, in terms of
wellbeing and academic achievement. For first year students, social support offers a way to …

Student life can be stressful and for some students it may cause mental distress. Besides
being a major public health challenge, mental distress can influence academic …

The University Mental Health Charter is the product of a significant amount of work by
people across the Higher Education sector and beyond. We are very grateful for all of the …

BACKGROUND: Recent research has revealed concerning rates of anxiety and depression
among university students. Nevertheless, only a small percentage of these students receive …

Students' learning contexts can influence their learning beliefs and academic performance
outcomes; as such, students studying during the COVID-19 outbreak may be at risk of …