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To assess the acceptability and explore the utility of a novel digital platform designed as a student‐facing well‐being and mental health support.

An adapted version of i‐spero® was piloted as a student‐facing well‐being support and as part of routine university‐based mental health care. In both pathways, student participants completed baseline demographics and brief validated measures of well‐being and mental health. Weekly measures of anxiety (GAD‐7) and depression (PHQ‐9) and a Week 8 Experience Survey were also scheduled. Integrated mixed methods analysis was used to assess acceptability and explore the utility of these platforms.

Students in the well‐being (n = 120) and care pathways (n = 121) were mostly female and between 19 and 22 years of age. Baseline screen positive rates for anxiety and depression were high in both the well‐being (68%) and care …