Tag: W – Wellbeing

Group working around a desk, image shows hands writing in notepads and using laptops
National Teaching Fellows

Co-creating wellbeing activities for students – a little tale

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Dr Elena Riva, Head of Department at the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning - (IATL) - University of Warwick  What works wellbeing? Often, I find myself pondering on this question in so many different circumstances at university. Is there a recipe? Is there a silver bullet? I don’t think so, yet there are approaches… Continue reading Co-creating wellbeing activities for students – a little tale

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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