The government’s obesity strategy might increase our mental health crisis
The mixed messages which the government is giving people: lose weight but also spend all your money in fast-food restaurants, is as confusing as how people are supposed to lose weight.
Oxford University releases welfare and support figures
CW: Mental health, rape, sexual assault
The University of
Oxford has published its statistics for Student Welfare and Support Services in
the 2018-19 academic year.
The report shows...
Jericho Comedy Club to host digital festival 13 and 14 June
NextUp, a digital comedy streaming service, has teamed up with Jericho Comedy Club to present an online comedy festival on 13th and 14th June....
Duke of Westminster donates £1M to COVID-19 mental health research at Oxford
The Duke of Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor, has donated £1 million to fund Oxford Department of Psychiatry research on the mental health effects of COVID-19...
Eating disorders – the elephant in the room
TW/CW: Body Dysmorphia, Eating Disorders, Trauma
This article contains explicit mentions of harmful behaviour.
Please consult the resources under the article if you or anyone you...
A man’s best friend
As a child, I developed a strange habit: whenever I wanted anything, I would make a PowerPoint. My younger self had a compulsion to...
A Perspective on Validation
The inability to feel validated is something many of us struggle with. We routinely identify certain parts of our lives that we are not...
Oxford launches study on lockdown’s effects on young people
The University of Oxford has created a survey investigating the impact of lockdown on young people.
The
survey, called Co-SPACE (standing for COVID-19 Supporting Parents, Adolescents,
and...
Oxford City Council marks Mental Health Awareness Week
Oxford City Council is marking Mental Health Awareness Week, Monday 18th to Sunday 24th May, by urging people to consider how kindness can improve...
Cleverly Captured Vulnerability in ‘Normal People’
When I first read Normal People, it was the unwavering emotional rigour of the prose that got to me. Rooney has this matter-of-fact way...
Now do I belong?: The effects of early-onset impostor syndrome
As Hilary Term drew to a close and we sat in my friend’s room, anticipating a final night out, we reflected on how we’d...
Do LGBT+ creatives have a responsibility to produce queer art?
Being "protected" from anything that resembled queerness did not manage to make me straight
Big White Wall to give students 24/7 mental health support
Oxford University has signed up to Big White Wall, an online community offering 24/7 mental health support for issues such as exam stress, depression,...
Global study to analyse social distancing effect on mental wellbeing and behaviour
As the COVID-19 pandemic is creating new universal norms, a new global study aims to analyse the psychological effects of social distancing on citizens...
