Mental Health in Education Awards

Good clinical governance award

Using our Clinical Governance guidance for reference, nominations are open for members who have developed or maintained good clinical governance.

We are looking for examples of where the nominee has maintained safe and professional boundaries in challenging situations.

Rising star - new Student Mental Health Practitioner 

For any Accredited Practitioner member working in the role for less than 2 years, and demonstrating a passion for student mental health.

For example, this may be related to a compassionate approach to students, involvement in service development, introducing new insights or approaches.

Lifetime Contribution

For members who have been working in the field for 10+ years and displayed a commitment to the aims and ethos of UMHAN. For more information about our aims, please see our webpage.

Please include examples of how the nominee has worked to ensure people with mental health conditions can fairly access and thrive in education.

Community Wellbeing award

For members who support others wellbeing at work, either within their own team, through peer support or the wider workplace.

We welcome nominations from all members of the education community - please tell us how the nominee has had a positive effect on either you or the wider community you work in. This might be a university, college or school, an agency or UMHAN itself!

Embedding student mental health across institution

For sustained work in embedding student mental health within an education institution. 

This award acknowledges the ongoing work by our members in this area. It is unlikely to be awarded for work on a single project without clear demonstration of how this has become continued practice.

Sustainable and Collaborative working

An award to recognise internal or external collaboration and partnership working, which has a positive impact on service delivery in practice and student mental health.

Examples include work with academic departments, researchers, other student services teams, NHS, statutory services e.g. safeguarding or suicide prevention boards. 

This includes research projects which have led to sustainable outcomes for service delivery.

We welcome nominations from colleagues and external partners.

Professional Practice award

Using our Capability & Conduct Framework as a guide, with examples of demonstrating good practice across a minimum of 3 areas. Nominations for Accredited Practitioners only.

This should include practical examples of how the nominee has demonstrated good practice in these areas. 

This might include examples of promoting mental health literacy, working with specific cohorts of students, or mentoring a new member of staff.

Outstanding student support

This award is open for nominations from students and employers, to recognise an individual who has made a lasting and positive impact on individuals’ mental health.

If possible, please give tangible examples of how the nominee has made a positive impact - this may be because of personal qualities, their interactions with you or other students, or specific action they have taken.

Outstanding contribution to UMHAN

For any member who participates in making UMHAN a successful organisation.

This might be contributions in meetings, forum, working groups, promoting our work externally etc. Nomination must be by another UMHAN member.