Louise Chunn is a prize-winning journalist and former editor of a number of magazines, including Psychologies, Good Housekeeping and InStyle. She is the founder of Welldoing Ltd.

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March 12 is University Mental Health Day when all over campuses students, staff and support workers gather to talk about mental health and its importance on campus. Run jointly with Student Minds, it is a sign of the increasing concern that many have over the issue of the mental health of students, balancing the resources on offer around the country, with the need for students to build resilience.

I spoke to National Union of Students president Amira Campbell in the days before UNMD and we talked about the level of stress students are facing in the modern world. We covered:

She suspects that the role of technology and social media mean that people are better informed about what is going on in the world, but it also makes people very anxious about international events and the changing political landscape.

It made her sad, she said, that some young people coming up to university age are now thinking it isn’t worth the high cost of loans to take on a degree course. This is particularly true of those from the poorest backgrounds.

She noted too, that, in spite of all the uncertainty around the existence of the graduate premium in employment opportunities, the vast majority of graduates are glad they went to university.

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