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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sally Weale Education correspondent

UNBELIEVABLE: Cambridge university under fire for axing student mindfulness classes - Caught on Camera

General aerial view of University of Cambridge
The university said the mindfulness course has been closed as part of an evaluation of wider support services. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

The University of Cambridge has come under fire after axing a mindfulness programme for students, at a time of mounting concern about young people’s mental health and suicides in higher education.

A campaign has been launched to try to save the “mindfulness skills for students programme”, which has been offering free classes since 2015 and has supported more than 2,500 Cambridge students over the years.

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