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Examples of Embedding Mental Wellbeing

These resources have been developed as part of the Embedding Mental Wellbeing Collaborative Enhancement Project 2021, supported and funded by QAA Membership.


How can relationship-building, connection and belonging be utilised as approaches to embedding mental wellbeing?​​
'Are you OK?' A wellbeing conversation with students throughout the coronavirus pandemic
BENEFITS
  • Benefits for students:
    Communication & satisfaction
  • Benefits for practitioner(s) / programme(s):
    Student engagement & enhanced student partnership
  • Benefits for institutions:
    Whole University approach
Embedding Mental Wellbeing: Building student confidence to engage in online discussions
BENEFITS
  • Benefits for students:
    Confidence & communication
  • Benefits for practitioner(s)/ programme(s):
    Student engagement & practitioner confidence
  • Benefits for institutions:
    Engagement
Identity development, relationship building and achieving a sense of belonging
BENEFITS
  • Benefits for students:
    Belonging & learning opportunity
  • Benefits for practitioner(s)/ programme(s):
    Enhanced student partnership & student achievement
  • Benefits for institutions:
    Equitable access

Benefits of embedding mental wellbeing

This project acknowledges and identifies that there are benefits of embedding mental wellbeing for students, practitioners or programmes, and institutions (including Students’ Unions). Benefits are measurable improvements from outcomes as seen by stakeholders that may be realised during an activity or a long time after an activity has concluded. For example, a student may instantly acknowledge the learning gained from an activity but it may be some time before this is recognised by a ratified award outcome.


For each of the examples within this resource the project team have identified the primary benefits that you may experience if you replicate this example within your own context. The project team encourages you to explore examples that may be appropriate for your context, you may want to start by asking ‘what is the benefit I am are trying to achieve from implementing this activity?’.

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