The Centre for Learning Innovation and Professional Practice
Guest Speaker CPD event

Monday 13th November
11am - 1pm in MB108

This session will explore what we mean by the terms wellbeing and resilience, the possible causes of the current rise in mental health problems and will look at the relationship between learning and wellbeing. The workshop will also examine what a ‘whole university approach’ to building resilience might mean and outline new frameworks around which universities can base their interventions. This will be an interactive session and by the end attendees should have a number of practical actions they can take to improve the wellbeing of their students and a deeper theoretical understanding of what is happening to our students and how this can be changed.

Gareth is a psychotherapist and the Research Lead for Student Wellbeing at the University of Derby. Gareth has a nationally recognised presence in the field of student wellbeing and has published and presented internationally on issues related to student wellbeing, academic anxiety, student transition, the role of student services and the links between wellbeing, learning and academic performance. He has been extensively quoted in national media. There is an ongoing and growing concern about the mental wellbeing and resilience of students in Higher Education in the UK, with an apparent rise in student mental illness. This has led to national calls for institutions to take a ‘whole university approach,’ to improving wellbeing and resilience.

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