Welcome to the interactive online guidance for student mental health and wellbeing.

The aim of this is to assist you, as well as the students you support, by giving you the confidence to know what to do and where to go when confronted by students in distress. It will help you be more effective in dealing with difficult situations, preserving time and your own wellbeing in the long run. 

The key areas it covers help you identify when a student might need support, how best to listen and respond to a student, as well as how to arrange support and get urgent help in a serious situation. 

This is an important part of our School-wide approach to support outlined in Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Framework. By equipping all staff with basic skills and knowledge, this will have a real impact on student wellbeing and therefore, overall positive outcomes during their time at LSE.

  Visit the online guidance module 

 Find out about upcoming Mental Health First Aid training

Confidentiality and data protection

No personal data about you will be collected when you take the training. There is a form at the start to help us know the range of staff across the School taking the training. This will not be identifiable to anyone else outside of the Student Wellbeing Service.

Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Framework

This training module forms part of the LSE Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Framework.

The framework sets out the School commitment to making LSE a welcoming, inclusive and healthy place for all. 

There are three key elements within the Framework:

A - Academic culture and practice in support of mental health and wellbeing

B - Welcome and a sense of belonging in support of mental health and wellbeing

C - Promotion, prevention and provision directly supporting mental health and wellbeing

To find out more, please see the website for more detail on the SMHW Framework.

Evaluation and further comments

We are keen to hear from you with any feedback on the online training, as well as any other comments about how we are supporting students as well as staff at LSE.