The authors thank Anthea Worley, University of South Australia, South Australia for reviewing the literature search. Follow-up studies may be indicated that can investigate the strength of evidence provided in the different studies for outcomes reported. The aim of the study was therefore not to scrutinise the quality of the included articles. The database search identified a high number of articles which prolonged the time spent on screening the articles, identifying relevant studies and analysing the data. This may facilitate the development of a range of intellectual, social, personal, and emotional competencies that are necessary for the development of deep and lifelong learning .

How to start 2022 successfully as a university student

The Student Wellness Centre offers urgent and non-urgent physical and mental health care to USask students and their spouses and children. Our goal is to create an environment that promotes and supports the health and well-being of all who study and work at our campuses. We support and empower students to fulfil their academic and personal potential. For example, Addressing campus substance misuse together although some work has begun developing curricula to support wellbeing, review-level evidence on organisational and structural interventions was limited. Therefore, further primary studies examining the efficacy of setting-based interventions and acceptance and commitment training for students are required. The review of reviews only located single reviews of evidence on acceptance and commitment training interventions and setting-based interventions such as developing curricula to support wellbeing .

• Universities should enhance holistic wellness support provision to foster a supportive environment that boosts the accessibility of services to meet the diverse needs of the students.
• Discover our wide range of health and wellbeing events you can attend throughout the year.
• This theme deals with a combination of factors that pose difficulties for students to access support services at the university.
• The student support available at Arden doesn’t just involve your academic work – because our Student Support Team are also here for any other queries or help you may need.
• While university is an exciting and rewarding time for most people, we understand that sometimes it can lead to stress and pressure.
• Barnes et al add that effective holistic university wellness support services are characterised by a university’s willingness to adapt itself to its students’ needs rather than forcing students to adapt to university-dictated systems.

Findings of included reviews

Early scholars in student support have argued that university access without student wellness support services is tantamount to no opportunity for many students 28, 62, 63. One participant indicated that support at residences should be reinforced, as this was experienced as providing an opportunity to access social support, develop healthy friendships and therefore assist students to develop leadership and life skills. The students suggested that universities offering health sciences programmes should ensure that there are dedicated wellness units that are well-staffed to provide services to students without the impact of personnel pressures.

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This could include exploring further and longer pre and post intervention studies and studies exploring the impacts of top-up sessions. Future research should also explore latency and durability of effects overtime as some interventions, such as CBT, showed promise of effects sustained post intervention. In addition to this, some of the included studies were lacking in detail on the nature of control groups. Primary and secondary research (including reviews) should attempt to identify adverse impacts so they can be eliminated or ameliorated, in accordance with the ‘first do no harm’ principle.