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ATU launches Mental Health Action Plan to promote student wellbeing across all campuses
This university-wide initiative reflects ATU’s commitment to creating a compassionate campus community that fosters and supports the mental, emotional and social wellbeing of students, enhancing both their success and their sense of belonging.
Atlantic Technological University (ATU) marked World Mental Health Day, on 10 October 2025, with the launch of its new Mental Health Action Plan 2025-2029, ‘Your Well-Being Matters’. This university-wide initiative reflects ATU’s commitment to creating a compassionate campus community that fosters and supports the mental, emotional and social wellbeing of students, enhancing both their success and their sense of belonging.
With a student population of over 30,000 learners across nine campuses, ATU serves a diverse community that includes students from a wide range of economic, cultural, social, and educational backgrounds. The Mental Health Action Plan recognises and responds to this diversity by promoting inclusive supports and a whole-campus approach to wellbeing.
Building on the momentum of the university’s first mental health action plan, which concluded in 2024, this new action plan continues ATU’s implementation of the HEA 2020 National Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Framework. The plan outlines a whole-system and whole-campus approach to student mental health and wellbeing.
At the launch, Dr Michele Glacken, ATU Vice President for Students said:
“ATU is committed to enabling students to thrive and succeed while at university and enhancing students’ sense of belonging is key to this. This mental health plan sets out our pledge to students as we continue to progress a whole campus approach to student mental health and wellbeing”.
At the heart of the plan are six key themes:
B – Build mental health skills and awareness within the ATU community through training and health promotion
E – Empower students to embrace all learning and social opportunities while at university
L – Learn collaboratively in a supportive and compassionate environment
O – Offer an open, respectful, and safe university experience
N – Nurture emotional well-being through student-centred supports and services
G – Grow a connected and resilient campus community that supports well-being for all
This structured, values-driven approach reinforces ATU’s belief that student mental health is a shared responsibility across the entire university community.
Caroline Mahon, HEA Healthy Campus Coordinator, welcomed the launch:
“The HEA would like to congratulate Atlantic Technological University on the launch of their Mental Health Action Plan 2025 to 2029, ‘Your Well-Being Matters’. The publication of this action plan demonstrates ATU’s leadership in advancing the National Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Framework and in promoting student wellbeing across higher education.”
The Mental Health Action Plan is a key part of ATU’s ongoing work to support student wellbeing across all nine campuses. It reflects the university’s belief that mental health and a sense of belonging are central to student success, and that building a compassionate, inclusive environment benefits the entire ATU community.
Read the full Belong Mental Health Action Plan 2025-2029 here: ATU Mental Health Action Plan by Atlantic Technological University – Issuu
