Tag: W – Wellbeing

Graphical image of five people with cogs in front, representing teamwork and collaboration
Annual NTF Symposia

Cross-sector collaboration to enhance embedding mental wellbeing

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Zoë Allman, De Montfort University  In the week recognising World Mental Health Day 2023, this article highlights an example of collaboration to enhance mental wellbeing, as presented at the ANTF Symposium 2023.  Between April 2021-May 2022 a collaborative team of seven Universities and a students’ union sought to improve understanding of EMW and develop a… Continue reading Cross-sector collaboration to enhance embedding mental wellbeing

Photograph of students in a fashion and textiles teaching studio, activity includes students working on patterns and discussing ideas.
Annual NTF Symposia

Promoting friendships in first-year university students: creating a community

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Buddy Penfold; Laurie Truscott; Nicholas Rodgers from De Montfort University  We are academics from De Montfort University, in the School of Fashion and Textiles, teaching studio based, practical creative subjects. The students learn through active learning, constructivism pedagogy (Hamer and Van Rossum, 2010) and working as a community of practice (Wenger, 2010).  Context for this… Continue reading Promoting friendships in first-year university students: creating a community

Photograph of the author and some panellists during the Innovation and Impact panel at the ANTF Symposium 2023
Annual NTF Symposia

Community, connectedness, collaboration: Reflections on being authentically ‘WISER’ at the ANTF2023 symposium

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Julie Hulme (NTF 2016) is the Deputy Chair of the Committee for the Association of National Teaching Fellows, and Professor of Psychology Education at Nottingham Trent University On 20th and 21st April 2023, the Association of National Teaching Fellows (ANTF) met in person for our first annual symposium since the pandemic at De Montfort University… Continue reading Community, connectedness, collaboration: Reflections on being authentically ‘WISER’ at the ANTF2023 symposium