To grow our understanding about community #wellbeing in higher education institutions, we’re helping Northumbria Uni explore what ‘being well together’ means.

Find out about their new research: whatworkswellbeing.org/blog/what-make…

Northumbria Uni Alyson Dodd

A new article from our #PublicHealth working group highlights the importance of prevention & support integration.
Excited to delve deeper into best practices at the upcoming #ScotSMART Network event on #April 16th. Register now!
blogs.ed.ac.uk/scotsmart/?p=1…

Can we have compassionate campuses in the current corporate climate? Our study found some simple messages on how to improve community wellbeing in #HigherEducation . These don't need complex or expensive solutions What Works Centre for Wellbeing

whatworkswellbeing.org/blog/what-make…

We’re supporting Northumbria Uni to address this evidence gap & create new insights. 🧵2/2

Alyson Dodd from the team discusses their method & initial findings 👇whatworkswellbeing.org/blog/what-make…

NEW research into community #wellbeing in university settings.

Research has traditionally focused on individuals (students & staff) rather than the community as a whole. 🧵1/2

Despite the drive for a Whole University approach, there are few setting-level changes for mental health and well-being...and none for staff! 👀

📢📢Some exciting news! 📢📢 I will be hosting a webinar outlining the journey of developing 'CoMUni', a social media based intervention which aims to increase mental health help-seeking outcomes in students. If you would like to join, sign-up here: eventbrite.ca/e/the-developm…

We know #university is about learning, but are #Students interested in learning from the life experiences of uni staff in a Living Library on campus? We're arranging an online chat with UK students about this idea. See pic for more info & how to join #studentlife #university life

#HealthInequalities are avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health between different groups of people. Check out our latest nutshell to examine the key data on this complex and wide-ranging issue. 📊 kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

Are uni students interested in hearing more about the experiences of uni staff, to help them to navigate life challenges a bit better? We want to speak to UK students about your views on having a Living Library on campus. See the pic for more info, and how to join our online chat

A recording of our webinar on honest and authentic student engagement in mental health research is now available on our Student Mental Health Research Network YouTube channel:

youtube.com/watch?v=qLh4a6…

Whoops I should have said this will be an online discussion - so any student based anywhere in the UK can join us!

📣📣 We are looking for UK university students to give us their views about having a Living Library on campus (see pic!) Click the link for more info and to express an interest in getting involved!

forms.office.com/e/T0i7RbqfSp

Please share with your students #AcademicTwitter

An opportunity with an amazing team! 👀👀👀

Now available online from a student mental health special issue - recommendations for universities becoming learning health systems to enhance #student #mentalhealth outcomes 📣👇
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

This sounds like a powerful memoir that many will relate to #xponorth

It was a pleasure to feature on smarten’s panel for the webinar launch yesterday for this exciting toolkit Jo Ward (she/her) and Dr Nicola Byrom 💛 We have so enjoyed this partnership and have gained so much from working together 💜