Author(s)

Rhianna Goozée¹, Marietta Papadatou-Pastou^2*, Elizabeth Barley³, Mark Haddad⁴, Patapia Tzotzoli^5,6

¹Independent Scholar, London, UK.
²School of Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
³Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London, London, UK.
⁴Interim Head of School, Human and Social Sciences and Professor of Health and Wellbeing, University of West London, London, UK.
⁵Private Practice at Bank and Harley Street, London, UK.
⁶iConcipio Ltd., London, UK.

An increasing number of higher education students face mental health difficulties, but the universities’ student support services (SSS) struggle to meet demand with limited resources. Web-based alternatives hold promise as a novel medium through which students could access support. Online interventions appear to be effective and may therefore provide a cost-effective alternative, relieving some of the burden on struggling SSS. This paper presents results from an explorative survey of 61 students questioned about their opinion of online support systems. The majority of students indicated that they would use such a system and that it should be interactive and personalized, focusing on time and money management, relaxation exercises, and building social skills. Future directions towards the development of such a system are discussed.

Online Intervention, Mental Health, Study Skills, Students, Well-Being, Higher Education

Goozée, R. , Papadatou-Pastou, M. , Barley, E. , Haddad, M. and Tzotzoli, P. (2018) Survey to Inform the Development of an Online Support System for Higher Education Students
—Higher Education and Online Support. Health, 10, 351-364. doi: 10.4236/health.2018.103028.