Should teachers have more involvement in students' mental health?

The Higher education minister Sam Gyimah says universities should ask students at enrolment for their permission to contact a parent or other trusted person if they are facing a mental health crisis. But as 18-year-old students are adult, and learning to live independent lives, how do parents and students feel about this?

10 October 2018

3 minutes

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Woman's Hour—Women and fabric, Student mental health, Homelessness, Plastic-free periods

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