Rescheduled Event - Launch of the RE:UK Student Wellbeing Guidance 2026

RE:UK is delighted to launch our 2026 Student Wellbeing Guidance for Purpose-Built Student Accommodation operators. The 2026 edition builds on our original 2019 Guidance, which was an essential resource for the sector in guiding initiatives and policies, an overview of the legal framework surrounding student wellbeing, and practical tools to support the sector.

This latest edition recognises that over the past several years, both the PBSA sector and university landscape have evolved, with the student experience markedly different and the PBSA sector increasingly mature in its approach. With that in mind, the 2026 Guidance provides a lighter-touch approach that is focused on signposting relevant issues and sharing best practice – while retaining updated version of the essential legal information and tools from the original Guidance.

Join us and leading PBSA figures to formally launch the 2026 Guidance over a breakfast event, kindly hosted by Pinsent Masons.

1715 – Arrival

1745 – Panel introduction

1750 – Panel discussion

1810 – Audience Q&A

1820 – Drinks & networking

1900 – Close

We are pleased to welcome a distinguished group of speakers to the event. Details of the speakers, together with their biographies and professional backgrounds, are provided below to give further insight into their expertise and the perspectives they will bring to the programme.

Julian Sladdin, University Leadership Team, Pinsent Masons

Rosie Tressler OBE, Chief Executive Officer At Student Minds

Rosie leads Student Minds, the UK's student mental health charity. Student Minds empower students to build their own mental health toolkit to support themselves and their peers through university life and beyond, and challenge the higher education sector, health sector and government to make student mental health a priority. Rosie works closely with Student Minds' staff team, trustees, student advisors, clinicians, professionals and our cross-sector partners on a range of initiatives supporting a whole-university approach to mental health, such as the University Mental Health Charter Programme and Award. Rosie was awarded an OBE in 2019 for services to Mental Health in Higher Education. Prior to joining Student Minds in 2013, Rosie worked in a range of student facing organisations. 

Becca Hayhurst, Head of Resident Experience & Wellbeing at Unite Students

Becca Hayhurst is Head of Resident Experience & Wellbeing at Unite Students, the UK’s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. An experienced student services practitioner, Becca has spent 20 years supporting students’ living and wellbeing experience in UK Higher Education. At Unite Students, Becca has led on the innovative student wellbeing framework Support to Stay, aligned with university processes, and introduced a 24/7 student assistance programme to provide clinical support for residents. Having relaunched the business’s Resident Ambassador programme and CARE customer service principles, she has delivered record student satisfaction scores for care and support. Having worked for both sides, Becca is an expert on aligning university and PBSA wellbeing processes. Her knowledge of best practice and holistic approaches that work at scale, combined with her resident experience know-how, make her an inspiring addition to any HE sector agenda.

Aglaia Freccero - Student Trustee at Student Minds

Aglaia is a President's PhD scholar in the Division of Psychiatry at Imperial College London, where her research explores AI-informed interventions to support adolescents' mental health. Beyond her academic work, Aglaia is a passionate mental health activist. At Imperial, she held the position of Mental Health Officer, co-leading the development of the institutional mental health strategy. Currently, Aglaia is serving as a lived experience advisor for Rethink Mental Illness and is a newly appointed Student Trustee at Student Minds.

If you have a question, please contact us at events@realestateuk.org.