Category: mental health

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CLOSED: Bringing academic staff into the mental health narrative: Understanding factors affecting mental health and wellbeing in UK academics

Julie Hulme

Everyone talks about the student mental health crisis; however, there is much less attention paid to academic staff’s mental health and well-being. This study aims to improve our understanding of the mental health and well-being of academics and identify barriers to enhancing positive psychological health, to help contribute to a better work environment for academics.  … Continue reading CLOSED: Bringing academic staff into the mental health narrative: Understanding factors affecting mental health and wellbeing in UK academics

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CLOSED: From postdoc to professorship: mental health and wellbeing in academics on short-term contracts: Call for participants

Julie Hulme

***Update***Update***Update*** Participants are eligible to receive a £16 Amazon voucher for taking part in this study. Thanks to the Keele Psychology MSc research funding scheme for their support! Precarious contracts in academia are receiving a lot of media attention recently, especially in the light of ongoing UCU industrial action and the 'four fights', which protests… Continue reading CLOSED: From postdoc to professorship: mental health and wellbeing in academics on short-term contracts: Call for participants

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Social identity in higher education students with depression: Call for participants – now CLOSED

Julie Hulme

Recruiting students with depression for a psychological study   I am currently working on a research project that explores the perception of identity amongst university students with depression, working with Cleo Keeling Ball, at Keele University. Would you like to help us understand more about studying in Higher Education with depression? You must either have a… Continue reading Social identity in higher education students with depression: Call for participants – now CLOSED

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Academic life in a crisis: Counting academic blessings part 2

Julie Hulme

Back in May, the world was a very different place, and having commented on mental health challenges in higher education, I decided to write a post to balance things up a bit, counting my academic blessings. Just a couple of weeks ago (11th March 2020), a catastrophe struck, affecting everyone, everywhere. The World Health Organisation… Continue reading Academic life in a crisis: Counting academic blessings part 2

Academic development, higher education, mental health, Teaching-focused careers

Counting my (academic) blessings

Julie Hulme

Yesterday, I blogged about the apparent mental health crisis in higher education, affecting both students and staff. Given some of the comments in the media, and from academics on social media, you might be forgiven for thinking that no sane person would ever consider an academic career! Numerous current PhD students are hoping to achieve… Continue reading Counting my (academic) blessings

Academic development, higher education, mental health, policy

Pressure vessels: comment on HEPI report on mental health trends in university staff

Julie Hulme

Much attention has (appropriately) been given to student mental health in higher education, while the wellbeing of those of us who work in universities has been less prominent in the news – with the exception of a few high profile, tragic cases of suicide. Back in February, The Duchess of Cambridge called for increased action… Continue reading Pressure vessels: comment on HEPI report on mental health trends in university staff

higher education, mental health, policy, psychological literacy

Psychology in action: influencing policy

Julie Hulme

Last week, I had the privilege of attending an All Party Parliamentary Group on Psychology (#APPGPsychology) at Westminster. The group was chaired by Dr Lisa Cameron MP, and included a number of expert panellists, presenting psychological evidence that has value in terms of informing government policy on children and young people’s mental health in schools… Continue reading Psychology in action: influencing policy

higher education, mental health, transitions

Mental health in education: A response to the Duchess of Cambridge

Julie Hulme

This morning, I was delighted to hear the Duchess of Cambridge speaking at yesterday’s Royal Foundation’s Mental Health in Education conference (see here for a video, and here for a transcript), and to see the wealth of positive attention she received for her short speech on Twitter (#MHinEducation). The Duchess noted that “The scientific and… Continue reading Mental health in education: A response to the Duchess of Cambridge