Students from Product Design, Psychology and Computer Science joined forces to participate in an innovative Hackathon hosted by award-winning mental health company FbF Labs. The organisation uses emergent technology to transform mental healthcare for children and young people, providing non-stigmatising, engaging, and evidence-based digital therapeutic interventions.
Over the course of the Hackathon, students worked together to develop new ideas for FbF Labs' next digital product. Their brief was to focus on creating tools that help young people build lifelong skills to self-manage their mental health. The company’s digital solutions aim to deliver engaging gaming experiences while offering real-time demographic, engagement, and health outcome data.
Toran Procter, a Product Design student, shared their experience:
"It was really cool to work with people from different specialisms and apply our own expertise to help people in this way. The session was hands-on, and a great way of coming up with lots of creative ideas.”
The collaborative environment encouraged students from diverse disciplines to pool their capability, combining design thinking, technical innovation, and psychological insight to create meaningful solutions.
FbF Labs praised the students’ creativity and teamwork, acknowledging the value of fresh perspectives in addressing the mental health challenges faced by young people today.
This partnership between students and industry highlights the university's commitment to equipping students with real-world experiences, fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration, and contributing to socially impactful innovations.
For more information about FbF Labs and their work in mental healthcare, visit FbF Labs.
Photographs of the hackathon event
