Student mental health & wellbeing: No longer under the radar
May 27 2021 | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm AEST
Professor Ian Hickie
Co-Director, Health and Policy at Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
Dr Ben Veness
Adjunct Professor Fellow, CQUniversity
Associate Professor Chi Baik
Associate Professor & Senior Lecturer, Melbourne University
Dr Nicole Crawford
Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE), Curtin University
Professor Rachael Field
Professor at Bond University Law School
Session Topics
- What do we know about university students’ mental wellbeing?
- Are there particular disciplines at risk (eg, law, medicine, creative arts)?
- How do we ensure that curriculum, learning & teaching and whole-of-institution mental wellbeing enhancements are mainstreamed and given institutional priority?
- How do we assure student mental wellbeing through online teaching?
Relevant Resources
- Orygen University Mental Health Framework
- Enhancing Student Wellbeing: OLT MCSEHE Project
- Nicole Crawford NCSEHE Equity Fellowship
- Nicole Crawford NCSEHE Report
- Mental Health Priorities - 15 September 2020
- Rethinking Mental Health in Australia - August 2020
- Enhancing Student Mental Wellbeing: A Handbook for Academic Educators
- The University Mental Health Charter Award (UK)
- JED Campus (US
- Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System Final Report
- The Wicked Problem of University Student Mental Health by Benjamin Veness
- UNSW Healthy Universities Initiative
- UNSW Scientia Education Lecture (Apr 2021): The Care Factor: Foundations and practice of supporting student success and wellbeing
- Student Voice Australia
- Hughes et al (2018) Student mental health: The role and experiences of academics
- Lydia Woodyatt & Colleagues (Flinders University)
