#PhDone !!! Yaayyyy 🥳🙏🥹🙌✨
Yesterday I defended my thesis and passed with minor corrections – so happy and grateful for my supervisors @DrEllieDommett@V_Giampietro & examiners @JulieH_Psyc@katemarburg for deeply engaging with my research!
Amazing insights on edupreneurial leadership from @EADTU#ihe2024
'i have this on my wall behind me in my office. And when I am angry, or desolute, I look at it, and I know why I am rector.'
ALT The leader needs to remember three things:
That he governs humans. That he governs according to the laws. And that he will not govern for ever. (Agathon, Greek tragic poet, 5th century BC)
I am loving being at @EADTU#IHE2024 - this fantastic, supportive community of brilliant, empathetic minds is actively shaping the future of distance learning 👏
It's World Mental Health Day! 🌍💜
It’s a day to talk about mental health and show everyone that mental health matters.
We all deserve good mental health. 💜
ALT Drawing of a globe with a smiling face. A green ribbon is wrapped around it, with the text: “World Mental Health Day Oct 10”. Above the drawing is the MHF logo. Below is the text: www.mentalhealth.org.uk
Following the judgment in the University of Bristol v Abrahart case, we have published guidance explaining what higher education providers must do to comply with equality law relating to disability.
Find out more here: orlo.uk/w2KzG
ALT Text reading Advice for higher education providers - disability and reasonable adjustments, accompanied by the Equality and Human Rights Commission logo, with a photograph of a lecture theatre in the background.
Our guidance sets out what higher education providers must do to comply with equality law.
Waiting for a student to come forward and ask for reasonable adjustments is not enough. Universities need to proactively support their disabled students.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj31…
🌟 Navigating uni with a disability? You’re not alone.
Explore tools and resources to enhance your social connections and make the most of your experience: u-belong.uk/disability#InclusiveUni#StudentSupport
Really pleased that @pawley_susan ‘s and my paper on student community is out journals.gre.ac.uk/index.php…
(Spot the person late to academia here - having a paper is still v exciting !)
🙏🏿Take the time to watch this in honor of #MichaelaDePrince. Though she grew up in the ashes of unimaginable horror, pain, & tragedy, like dust she rose. Fo her life to end so abruptly at the age of 29 is heart wrenching. How can life be so cruel!😔💔💔😞
Settling into university is tough.
Even by the second semester 60% of students are telling us that they miss their family.
We've worked with students to develop resources to help students settle into university:
u-belong.uk/toolkit
NEW on Wonkhe: The number one way to accommodate disabled students is by giving them extra time - but it's increasingly time they don't have. Jim Dickinson runs the numbers and assesses the impacts wonkhe.com/blogs/disabled-st…
Our data shows there are a whole load of students who never drink. Only a third of students are drinking on a weekly basis, or more frequently
Yet, so much of the freshers' media is alcohol related
It is time for Welcome to Uni strategies to catch up
u-belong.uk/home
There are a large minority of students, over a quarter, who are struggling with their finances.
We've worked with students to put together advice and guidance to help students manage the cost of living at university.
u-belong.uk/financial-diffic…
ALT "With large cohorts, it can feel like you never see the same person twice. Students are having to learn new ways to connect and make friends, and this is not easy. We have developed the U-Belong toolkit to help students build a stronger sense of community." Dr Nicola Byrom, Reader in Psychology at King’s IoPPN
As a part of Jisc, from Wednesday 21 August, HESA will cease activity on X. We will continue to operate @jiscmi as a broadcast outlet for any outage issues and technical updates.
Read our full statement here: ji.sc/LeavingX