Courses

Enhancing Student Mental Wellbeing in Higher Education

Effectively Support Your Students

Thursday 23 February, 2017

09:15 - 16:15

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Overview

With recent reports highlighting the dramatic rise in demand for mental health services among students it is essential for universities to understand and respond to the challenges of supporting student mental wellbeing.

This is vital not only for universities to ensure that they are meeting their legal responsibilities but to enhance student retention rates and experience.

This Enhancing Student Mental Wellbeing in Higher Education course, facilitated by experienced mental health professional, Chris Shelley, will provide a unique opportunity for higher education professionals to review their current procedures against best practice examples.

In interactive sessions and practical workshops delegates will work towards a tailored action plan to help implement the latest guidance and embed excellence within their institution.

Learning Outcomes

Identify the key challenges within your institution
Understand and implement the latest guidance on student mental wellbeing
Effectively respond to your university’s legal responsibilities
Develop a “ten points proactive plan” to address student mental health issues
Discuss the risks of ignoring student mental wellbeing issues
Develop an action plan to effectively support your students going forward

In-House Option

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Agenda

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09:15 - 09:45

Registration

09:45 - 10:00

Chair's Welcome and Clarification of Learning Objectives

10:00 - 11:00

Student Mental Wellbeing: Challenges and Guidance

Identify the key challenges of effectively supporting student wellbeing in higher education institutions
Understand and implement the latest guidance on student mental wellbeing
Discuss fitness to study policies within universities
Successfully coordinate your services with healthcare providers

11:00 - 11:15

Morning Break

11:15 - 12:15

Best Practice: What does a Positive Health University Look Like

Learn from the Chair of the ‘Suicide Safer’ Project, which is reducing the number of suicides amongst students, the city and the wider county

Explore the use of multiagency projects to address student mental health issues
Examine the expanding role of counselling and mental health advisory services in universities
Determine how to build emotional resilience in students
Align your work with local healthcare providers

12:15 - 13:15

Engage with your Institution's Responsibilities to Students

Discuss the risks of ignoring student mental wellbeing issues
Assess how mental wellbeing fits into the wider remit of student experience and engagement, including the role of peer support
Develop a whole university approach and create effective cross-partnerships, for example with accommodation providers and sport services

13:15 - 14:15

Lunch

14:15 - 15:00

Workshop: Embed Best Practice within your Institution - Where are you now?

In this session, delegates will work with the chair to review their institution’s effectiveness in the area of mental wellbeing support.

Examine the key challenges within your institution
Evaluate your current procedures by discussing case examples and scenarios
Assess the key strengths and weaknesses in your institutions’ current practice

15:00 - 16:00

Workshop: Embed Best Practice within your Institution - Next Steps

In group activities, delegates will consider existing guidance and best practice examples to consider areas for development within their own service.

Identify areas for improvement in your organisation’s mental wellbeing services
Analyse the barriers to realising improvements and how to overcome them
Consider how best to train and support university staff
Develop an action plan to effectively support your students going forward

16:00 - 16:15