Working Together To Improve Student Health and Wellbeing 2021
Online Event 20 October 2021, 9:00am - 3:30pm
Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Alan Percy, Head of Counselling Services, University of Oxford
9:40am
Keynote Address: Working With Higher Education Providers And The Third Sector To Promote Effective Practice In Student Mental Health Support And Help Students To Thrive
- Analysing the differential outcomes for students with a declared mental health condition with other characteristics
- Incentivising and galvanising universities and colleges through regulation, collaboration and funding competitions to find solutions to tackle poor mental health among students
- Working on achieving a step change in mental health for all students through a £6 million investment to fund collaborative projects
- Providing additional support during the pandemic by funding Student Space, an online platform run by Student Minds including a topical range of psycho-education and wellbeing materials
- Launching the latest mental health funding competition: ‘Using innovation and intersectional approaches to target mental health support for students’
Amy Norton, Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Office for Students and Suzy Allinson, Senior Officer for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Office for Students
10:00am
Keynote Address: Developing A Model Of Data And Data Analytics To Identify Students At Risk Of Mental Ill Health and Implement Early Intervention Strategies
- Where are universities lacking in the data department, particularly regarding mental health analytics data and how this can lead to the iceberg effect with students struggling with mental ill health
- Reducing student anxiety and medicalisation by developing a culture around resilience and allowing students to take control of the curricula
- Fundamentally changing all services to on demand, responsive multi-channel, student co-created services: Developing an organic experience of multichannel
- Leadership at senior levels is key: Ensuring Vice-Chancellor and senior teams are on board
Professor Peter Francis, Deputy-Vice-Chancellor, Birmingham City University
10:20am
Presentation from Symplicity
Harriet Ruby, Marketing Manager, Symplicity and Kylie Ebert, Director Employability and Graduate Success, Macquarie University
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:05am
Break and Networking
11:35am
Endsleigh’s Happiness Index – A Study Into Students’ Happiness At University
David Johnson, Product Distribution and Development Manager, Endsleigh Insurance and Carly Pearce, Partnership Development Manager, Endsleigh Insurance
11:55am
Seminar A: The Student Assistance Programme - How It Supports University Wellbeing Services
Kayleigh Frost, Head of Clinical Support, Health Assured
11:55am
Seminar B: The Student Assistance Programme – Understanding Risk And Safeguarding Processes
Richard Krytowycz, Counselling Manager, Health Assured
12:15pm
Case Study: Developing A Partnership Between Local Universities And The NHS To Develop Mental Health Provision For Students Across Liverpool
- Receiving a grant following a successful funding bid to finance the partnership between LJMU, the University of Liverpool, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Brownlow Health, The Innovation Agency and the Academic Health Science Network for the North West Coast
- Creating clear clinical pathways and protocols to develop referral routes and access for students
- Trialling a number of different tailored evidence-based interventions and evaluating which ones have the most impact on students’ wellbeing and progression
- Providing students with the opportunity to express their views both formally and informally to contribute to the development of the work
- Employing staff in Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust’s Hope Clinic to offer assessment and support to people experiencing mental health crisis
Yvonne Turnbull, Director of Student Advice and Wellbeing Services, Liverpool John Moores University
12:35pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:55pm
Lunch And Networking
1:40pm
Case Study: Fostering An Inclusive Culture To Promote Positive Mental Health, Wellbeing And Compassionate Care To All Students
- Celebrating, supporting and respecting personal characteristics and creating comfortable and respectful environments to learn
- Working closely with students who have specific needs or certain conditions to enable them to engage in learning and student life
- Encouraging students to reflect and challenge their own unconscious bias and prejudices
- Making individual adjustments for students to recognise the bi-directional aspects of physical and mental health
- Co-producing the curriculum and other activities with students to ensure that they feel their input is considered
Professor Ilaria Boncori, Professor in Management and Marketing, Faculty Dean Undergraduate (Arts and Humanities), Co-Director Gender and Work Group, University of Essex
2:00pm
How To Efficiently And Effectively Manage Student Wellbeing With Technology
- Learn how to efficiently and effectively manage student wellbeing
- Discover how innovative technology, such as Student Life, helps to record, track, and manage student interactions
Dan Lister, Student Life Manager, Kinetic and Katy Lemmon, Accommodation Manager, University of Liverpool
2:20pm
Keynote Address: Developing A Whole University Approach To Mental Health And Wellbeing At Universities
- Making mental health a strategic priority and seeing it as foundational to all aspects of university life
- Balancing the opportunity for prevention and early intervention and the importance of open conversations around d mental health with the need for effective appropriately resourced support services
- Supporting universities in developing local and national partnership with the health and care system to improve access and coordination of care
Amy Dicks, Policy Researcher, Universities UK
2:40pm
A Regulated Approach To Mental Health Learning
- The importance of mental health awareness and mental health first aid – could you save a life?
- The benefits of regulated mental health qualifications
- Why choose Active IQ’s Level 2 Award in Mental Health Awareness
- A College success story
Andy Gilbert-Dunnings, Qualification Development Manager, Active IQ and Stuart Liversedge, Business Development Executive, Active IQ
3:00pm
Question and Answer Session
3:20pm
Chair’s Summary And Close
3:30pm
End Of Day