Evaluation of the Mental Health Funding Competition: Using innovation and intersectional approaches to target mental health support for students

Final evaluation reports

The Office for Students developed the Mental Health Funding Competition programme to support higher education providers to use innovative and intersectional approaches to target mental health support for students. The programme, which ran from 2020 to 2023, sought to target a range of student cohorts facing either increased risk of poor mental health or increased barriers to accessing support.

The final reports below, from external evaluators Wavehill, comprise:

• Final report
• Executive summary
• Briefing paper: Learning from the programme for practitioners and providers
• Briefing paper: Learning from the programme for sector leaders, researchers and other organisations involved in student mental health.