Politics

Ensuring Adequate Provision of Mental Health Services for Students in Universities A policy brief advocating for prospective measures to ensure that the counsellor to student ratio in universities in England and Wales more closely aligns with student demand and need.             To be presented as the following question: What measures can be taken by the Department of Education to ensure there is sufficient access to adequately resourced mental health services by students in universities in the event of an electoral victory for the Labour Party in the next United Kingdom (UK) general election? For the attention of Angela Rayner, Shadow Secretary of State for Education Word Count: 1,060 I.               Executive Summary Universities in England and Wales are widely falling short of the mark in the provision of sufficient mental health services to students in higher education under the jurisdiction of the current government. Currently, cou