Improving students’ wellbeing at university

the experience of Leeds University (United Kingdom)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2237-5864.2021.24160

Keywords:

Mental health, Pedagogy of wellbeing, Higher education

Abstract

This article presents the work done by Leeds University to develop a wellbeing program for students. Dr. Bridgette Bewick, an Associate Professor at School of Medicine, discusses her work on behavioral and psychological understanding of how to improve and support the mental health and wellbeing of university students. She affirms that improvement and support services to students’ mental health and wellbeing are necessary but not sufficient to facilitate student success while at university. Dr. Bewick hihglights the urgency to develop practices consistent with pedagogical wellbeing to address student education challenges that have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Author Biographies

Bridgette M. Bewick, Leeds University, Leeds, United Kingdom.

Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) and Associate Professor in Psychological Health at Wellbeing at the University of Leeds (UK) School of Medicine. She works to advance our understanding of monitoring, managing, and modifying mental health and wellbeing; including the potential for e-health tools to support health and wellbeing. Bridgette is a Fellow of the Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence (LITE). Her LITE Fellowship investigates how best to embody Pedagogical Wellbeing into the university curriculum.

Adla Betsaida Martins Teixeira, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

The interviewer is an Associate Professor at School of Education, Federal University of Minas Gerais since 1999. Her research interests are on Micropolitics of School organizations, gender and human rights issues in education. She also develops research projects on health education (dengue) and development of scientific thought among pupils at public schools, especially focus on girls’ education. Dr. Teixeira coordinates the Study Group on Gender, Sexuality and Sex Education since 2006.

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Published

2021-02-15

How to Cite

BEWICK, B. M.; TEIXEIRA, A. B. M. Improving students’ wellbeing at university: the experience of Leeds University (United Kingdom). Revista Docência do Ensino Superior, Belo Horizonte, v. 11, p. 1–9, 2021. DOI: 10.35699/2237-5864.2021.24160. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/rdes/article/view/24160. Acesso em: 14 may. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 11 (2021)

Section

Interviews

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