Mental health and well-being

Advice on effective mental health support for students and staff to create a happier, healthier campus. Find out how universities and academics can promote well-being, protect their campus community from spiralling stress, minimise the risk of burnout and build resilience - from institutional practices that create a culture of care to personal self-care tips and healthy habits for overworked academics and students.

By Miranda Prynne, 1 September, 2022

Walk the walk to benefit your academic research

Woman walking past a field of yellow flowers
Walking can be used to benefit academic research, help with problem-solving and promote creative thinking. Here, Anna Lois McKay explains the different ways it works
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3minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 25 August, 2022

Collaborate or compete?

Collaboration
Working together turns out to drive positive factors such as communication, productivity, trust and creativity. Here’s how to foster collaboration among institutions, faculty and students
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4minutes
By dene.mullen, 25 August, 2022

Get yourself a teaching buddy to help you thrive

Getting an academic teaching buddy can help you work out lots of classroom issues rather than struggling alone
Rather than struggle through classroom-based problems alone, we should recruit meaningful support by seeking out a colleague to discuss our teaching, says Flower Darby
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4minutes
Mental health and well-being