The University Mental Health Charter Page 1 An initiative by Please cite as: Hughes, G. &
Spanner, L. (2024). The University Mental Health Charter. (2nd ed.) Leeds: Student Minds …

Given the prevalence of mental health issues among university students, they must be
regarded as a vulnerable population. Resilience interventions offer one potential means of …

In an era of constant connection, it can be challenging to prioritize time for reflection. Taking
time to think can feel like a luxury or even a waste time. People facilitating complex …

Background: Research shows that participation in outdoor adventure education (OAE)
programs can confer individual educational, psychological, and social benefits that relate to …

Background: Increasingly colleges and universities are utilizing Outdoor Orientation
Programs (OOPs) to help incoming students assimilate into college life. These programs …

This review attempts to determine the observed outcomes of the outdoor training (OT)
approach with a special focus on leadership development in higher education students. Fifty …

Background: The short-term impacts of outdoor orientation programs (OOPs) have been
documented in the literature for close to 40 years. While there is a fair amount of research …

Outdoor orientation programs are used to provide experiences which aid transition to
university. We investigated how an outdoor orientation program for first-year university …

To address feelings of “placelessness” and “not belonging,” many colleges and universities
have implemented outdoor orientation programs developed to assist students with the …

Outdoor orientation programs (OOPs) use wilderness or adventure experiences as a
transition of incoming first-year students to college and university settings. We explored …