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Doctoral students’ access to non-academic support for mental health
Abstract
Increased doctoral student numbers has led to a growth in studies dedicated to doctoral experience. These studies have raised a range of mental health concerns around workload, supervision processes and student well-being. Despite these challenges being well documented, few studies have looked at doctoral student’s experiences of accessing non-academic support services. This article presents the findings of a mixed-method study to investigate doctoral experiences of non-academic support, conducted at one British university with a large postgraduate research population. Drawing on focus groups and a student survey, the article concludes that many doctoral students are not accessing institutional support when they could benefit from it, with many turning to external support mechanisms including family, personal doctor and online resources. Five institutional recommendations are proposed to develop improved dedicated doctoral student mental health support: clear signposting, online self-help, workshops, parity of support and supervisor training.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Waight, E., & Giordano, A.
- Affiliations
- ,
- ORCID
- Waight, Emma
- Venue
- Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2018-05-29
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 390-412
- ISSN
- 1360-080X
- 1469-9508
- Cited by
- 82
- References
- 6
- Language
- en
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