As one of the student representatives on the editorial board of this journal, it gives me great pleasure to introduce this special themed edition on the student experience.
It contains a range of material and information on what it has been like being a student (or academic) during the difficult 2019/20 academic year because of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, and how things will be in this academic year – and possibly even further ahead.
Being a third year mental health nursing student has brought about a number of challenges and experiences that I could not have foreseen at the beginning of my academic year (March 2020).