The event will bring together relevant stakeholders, including students, student union, student services, clinical practitioners, academics, and student mental health researchers to:

– Open conversations around student mental health and COVID-19
– Establish collaborations and working relationships across different entities at universities to mitigate the long-term effects of COVID-19 on student mental health 
– Hear from students, whiat issues they have experienced as a consequence of the pandemic and what they would like to see with respect to support and culturally sensitive mental health provisions

Key speakers and panelists include: Shaima Dallali – City University Student Union President, Henry Jones – CEO of togetherall an online mental health and wellbeing community, the SMaRteN research network, Dr Jessica Jones-Nielsen – Assistant Vice President (EDI- Race Equality) and counselling psychologist, student panellists and research and poster presentations, showcasing the latest research on Student Mental Health and the COVID-19 pandemic.