Characteristic 1: Students, Not Service Users

We provide courses for adults who use mental health services. Our courses help you develop skills in a supportive educational environment. You have the freedom to be creative, challenge yourself and discover new abilities.
Converge is based around 5 key characteristics:
Courses take place in a university.
Course participants are treated in the same way as university students.
University students are involved in the delivery of the courses and the support.
The subject area of courses are aligned to the programmes offered at the university.
We involve people with lived experience of mental health problems as tutors, volunteers and researchers/evaluators.
This short video is part of a series of videos summarising each of our key characteristics.