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Subject: Event: Mental Well Being
in Higher Education: Current Challenges
Posted on behalf of Guild HE and UUK:
**** Apologies for cross posting ******
Mental Well Being in
Higher Education: Current Challenges
The Universities UK/Guild
HE Working Group for the Promotion of Mental Well-Being in Higher
Education is holding a conference on Monday April 27, 2009 at Woburn House,
London WC1
The conference will offer the opportunity
to:
·
Reflect on the impact of the current HE context
on mental well-being
·
Learn about the nature and extent of
difficulties being presented by students
·
Hear the analysis of the results of our 2008
survey into policy and practice
·
Consider ways of counteracting alcohol misuse
·
Attend seminars on two of the following topics:
the needs of international students, staff well-being, challenging stigma, the
work of Nightline, strategies to help staff support students, institutional
responses to alcohol misuse
·
Contribute to determining the future direction
of the Working Group
Speakers will include Dr Fiona Measham, Dr
Annie Grant, Dr Leonard Fagin.
The conference should be of interest and
relevance to everyone teaching in HE, human resource managers, doctors,
occupational health personnel, student unions and staff in student support
services.
Fee: £180, £50 for students
For Agenda and Bookings: http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/Events/Pages/MentalWellBeinginHE.aspx
Early booking is advised as previous
conferences have been oversubscribed.