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AMOSSHE, The Student Services Organisation welcomes the launch of the University Mental Health Charter and its approach of defining key principles of good practice to improve staff and student mental health and wellbeing.

As part of the steering group for the charter, AMOSSHE worked closely with Students Minds and colleagues across the UK higher education sector to help shape the development of charter, and AMOSSHE members across the country have contributed their expertise and research, making this a truly sector-wide collaborative effort.

Jayne Aldridge, Chair of AMOSSHE said: “The introduction of this critical document signals an important step in supporting the wellbeing of everyone who studies or works within UK higher education.”

AMOSSHE's strategy as a professional association for Student Services leaders closely aligns to the vision of the charter: to enable higher education providers to continue to promote the mental health and wellbeing of all members of the university community. AMOSSHE aims to nurture a collaborative, skilled, passionate and empowered movement of Student Services leaders and partners to deliver innovative, impactful, world-class services that are proven to enhance the holistic experience and enable student and institutional success. The University Mental Health Charter will be a key tool to help achieve that vision, especially with its focus on students and staff alike.

Now that the charter is available for the sector to utilise, AMOSSHE will work with Student Services professionals to explore how to engage effectively with the key principles and resources. Representatives from Student Minds are leading a workshop to develop how Student Services can work with the charter at AMOSSHE's Winter Conference in February 2020.

Here's the AMOSSHE bulletin for autumn 2019: a roundup of AMOSSHE news, events, and more (click image to view - PDF 2 MB).

This autumn AMOSSHE published a five year strategy outlining the guiding values, mission and strategic priorities for our professional association. In this bulletin find out about our strategy, and also meet the Student Services leaders who were elected this year to join our Executive Committee. This team of volunteers sets the direction for AMOSSHE and helps to shape our membership benefits and events.

Talking of events, the bulletin features a roundup of AMOSSHE's latest continuing professional development event about safeguarding and duty of care, and includes details of our upcoming events programme for the 2019/20 academic year. If you're interested in joining AMOSSHE to access our network of sector leaders, our online resources, and discounted entry to our professional development events, the bulletin also has details about membership for 2019/20.

The AMOSSHE Executive Committee, in consultation with members at over 180 higher education providers, has developed our professional association’s strategy for 2019 to 2024 (click image to view - PDF 2 MB).

The strategy includes a statement of our organisation’s values, mission, guiding principles, and strategic priorities.

Beginning with an overview of AMOSSHE’s membership and our members’ Student Services, the strategy goes on to articulate the unique value proposition of UK Student Services, and a vision of what our professional association seeks to achieve by 2024. Then there’s our mission statement: what we will do to achieve our vision. The mission is driven by a sustainable five year strategy founded on values-based guiding principles, which focuses on three key strategic priorities.