Improving students’ wellbeing at university

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 u...

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Main Authors: Bridgette M. Bewick, Adla Betsaida Martins Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UFMG 2021-02-01
Series:Revista Docência do Ensino Superior
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/rdes/article/view/24160
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-7be2789a2ee843dc9c6c23f33ada019b2022-12-22T04:08:02ZengUFMGRevista Docência do Ensino Superior2358-63382237-58642021-02-011110.35699/2237-5864.2021.24160Improving students’ wellbeing at universityBridgette M. Bewick0Adla Betsaida Martins Teixeira1Leeds University, Leeds, United Kingdom. Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BrazilThis 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.https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/rdes/article/view/24160Mental healthPedagogy of wellbeingHigher education
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