Our brilliant funded project working with students with caring responsibilities has embedded Lived Experience throughout. Thank you to the team and all your co-creators and we hope you have some really rewarding final sessions this week.

Want to know more about our research? Check out our shiny new publication shorturl.at/abDGH Dr Rachel Spacey Dr Amy Zile 🦄 @RebeccaSmalec Student Mental Health Research Network #studentmentalhealth #studentparent #studentcarers 🤩

We’ve been so privileged to have your support ❤️

Who Cares? Identifying, understanding & supporting the study, work & life balance & wellbeing of students with caring responsibilities Dr Rachel Spacey from WhoCares_SMaRteN #SmartenShowcase #StudentParent #StudentCarer #CaringResponsibilities #StudyAndWorkLifeBalance 🧵 THREAD

Find out more about this WhoCares_SMaRteN work from Rachel Spacey Dr Rachel Spacey, Rebecca Smalec @rebeccasmalec & Amy Zile Dr Amy Zile 🦄 at the #SmartenShowcase Student Mental Health Research Network webinar at 4pm on Thursday 3rd November 🎟 Get your free ticket now! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Was a pleasure to record this with the The Mental Elf team (also horrific to watch myself 🫣 🫣) but if you're interested in finding out more about our WhoCares_SMaRteN project please read the thread below Student Mental Health Research Network #SmartenShowcase @RebeccaSmalec Dr Amy Zile 🦄

Really enjoyed presenting SRHE with the WhoCares_SMaRteN dream team of @RebeccaSmalec Dr Amy Zile 🦄 about #studentswithcaringresponsibilities #mentalhealth and sharing the session with the fantastic Dr Zoe Baker and her brilliant research #careexperiencedstudents 😃

Reading the below from Carers UK makes even more proud of our brilliant WhoCares_SMaRteN project. The UCAS 2023 application form asks about caring responsibilities, so universities need to use this information to embed support for students. ucas.com/undergraduate/…

Our team put together this commentary piece for UniversityWorldNews 👏

Another WhoCares_SMaRteN Student Mental Health Research Network output from us 🥳

We know many in our network who would be brilliant in this role, sharing their experiences around work/life balance and some of the struggles for student with caring responsibilities specifically. WhoCares_SMaRteN

We are presenting online at the 7th Biennial International Conference on Access, Participation and Success hosted by The Open University on 26th and 27th April - @access_observe Student Mental Health Research Network The Open University  open.ac.uk/about/widening…

Thank you so much for having us!

Thank you to my WhoCares_SMaRteN team @RebeccaSmalec Dr Amy Zile 🦄 for a brilliant presentation at the OU_APS just now! Thanks to the great team at the conference for facilitating it all so smoothly. Very impressed #access #participation

Our WhoCares_SMaRteN project spoke poignantly about some of the issues facing students with caring responsibilities, when they led our PhD Mental Health SIG yesterday. We hope to share a recording soon an imagine those considering might the topic might find the below relevant.

Do you care, unpaid, for a family member, friend or partner? Carers Trust want to understand unpaid carers’ experiences of support so they can raise their views and influence government policy in a positive way. Take part in their #UnpaidCarer survey: tinyurl.com/43ep2vtf

This came through strongly in our Student Mental Health Research Network funded work with student carers - the identity of ‘carer’ comes with a set of expectations, including what ‘care’ means

Many Uni students continue to struggle with their mental health - just did a piece for the conversation reviewing a newly published study on this eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%… WhoCares_SMaRteN

Delighted that our article is now available in the Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning Journal - t.ly/g75kW reporting on our survey investigating the #wellbeing and #WorkLifeBalance of #Students with caring responsibilities through Student Mental Health Research Network OU_APS

Thanks to the WPLL journal team - great to see our WhoCares_SMaRteN paper published - #caring #students #carers #parents #wellbeing #HE - & to all the participants, steering group & other supporters. Couldn't have done it without you! doi.org/10.5456/WPLL.2… Dr Amy Zile 🦄