Student Mental Health Forum

Terms of Reference

1. To receive reports on and monitor internal and external provision for student well-being and mental ill-health so as to enhance the provision along the entire care pathway (including colleges, departments, NHS) and minimise the risk of mental ill health.
2. To keep itself informed of evidence from other organisations and the research literature of ways to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of provision to promote student wellbeing, prevent and manage mental ill-health of our students, including process improvements and collaborative campaigns and initiatives
3. To consider quantitative and qualitative evidence regarding students’ needs and to make recommendations as appropriate to the Student Life Committee
4. To keep the University’s Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy under review and make recommendations for consideration to the Student Life Committee
5. To oversee successful implementation of the University’s Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy
6. To receive reports on substantive projects/initiatives relating to student mental health taking place across the University
7. For the work of the Forum be communicated to the student body
8. To provide termly reports to the Student Life Committee.

Membership

• Chairperson
  Dr Wayne Campbell

• Senior academics with research and/or practice in a related field
  Dr Dean McMillan
  Dr Lucy Foulkes

• PV-C Teaching, Learning & Students or their nominee from UTC 
  Professor John Robinson
  
  
• Director of Student Life and Wellbeing
  Paula Tunbridge
  
  
• Project Manager Student Mental Health
  Jo Hardy
  
  
• Head of Open Door and Disability, representatives
  Anne Haversham
  Angie Bell
  Laila Fish (Secretary of the Committee)

• Director of Health, Safety and Security 
  Denis Fowler

• Director of Colleges or their nominee
  Dr Rob Aitken

• Board of Studies representative 
  Dr Chris Renwick

• Department representative
  Poppy Nash

• YUSU representative 
  Steph Hayle       

• GSA representative
  Amy Bullard

• Unity Health representative 
  Dr Richard Wilcox

• Chaplaincy 
  Rev Dr John Schofield   

• Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
  Professor Stephen Wright
  Dr Suzy Kerr
  
  
• City of York Council Public Health
  TBC

• Vale of York CCG
  Sheila Fletcher

• Healthwatch
  Catherine Scott (no nominee)
  
  
• Communications 
  Allison Loftfield

Other members of staff and external representatives may be in attendance at the discretion of the Chair. 

The Student Mental Health Forum will be serviced by a member of staff from the Student & Academic Services.

Meetings

Meetings are held at least once per term.