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Health and safety, Performance assessment

Survey of UK academics finds widespread feelings of stress and overwork

Mark Erickson, University of Brighton; Carl Walker, University of Brighton, and Paul Hanna, University of Surrey

shutterstock/tuaindeed Many people imagine universities to be calm and relaxed places of work, populated by academics who have long holidays, small workloads […]

Health and safety, Students

The mental health crisis on campus and how universities and colleges can fix it

Marty Swanbrow Becker, Florida State University

Campus counseling centers are seeing an influx of students seeking help with mental health issues. Motortion/Shutterstock.com When college students seek help for […]

Equity and social justice, Health and safety, Public policy

Women in engineering: Barriers remain 30 years after École Polytechnique shooting

Wendy Cukier, Ryerson University

Engineering programs can learn about recruitment, inclusion and retention from different fields. (Shutterstock) The 30th anniversary of the Montréal Massacre is an […]

Academic mentorship, Health and safety, Students

Why building community – even through discomfort – could help stressed university and college students

Shawna Shapiro, Middlebury

A sense of belonging can enhance the college experience. Shutterstock It is a growing problem on campuses across America. Students entering college […]

Contract faculty, Equity and social justice, Health and safety

Zero-hour contracts take a huge mental and physical toll – poor eating habits, lack of sleep and relationship problems

Ernestine Gheyoh Ndzi, University of Hertfordshire and Janet Barlow, University of Hertfordshire

The number of workers on zero-hours contracts continues to rise in the UK. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that between […]

Environmental sustainability, Health and safety, Research and innovation, Teaching and learning, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Indigenous researchers plant seeds of hope for health and climate

Hannah Tait Neufeld, Brittany Luby, and Kim Anderson

Indigenous land-based learning provides hands-on opportunities for knowledge development that shift away from Eurocentric forms of education. How can universities use land-based […]

Equity and social justice, Health and safety

Overworked and isolated: the rising epidemic of loneliness in academia

Olivier Sibai, Birkbeck, University of London; Bernardo Figueiredo, RMIT University, and Marcia Christina Ferreira, Brunel University London

Shutterstock Universities were created to be places where people learn and educate together. But a UK survey has found 46% of researchers […]

What universities and colleges must do to promote mental health for graduate students

Meghan Duffy, University of Michigan; Carly Thanhouser, University of Michigan, and Daniel Eisenberg, University of Michigan

Sara did not expect much to come from her visit to the university’s counseling center, but she was concerned enough about the dark thoughts she’d been having that she decided to go anyway. As she sat in the waiting room after turning in the patient questionnaire, she thought: “It’s probably not a big deal. I’m probably overreacting.” But she wasn’t. After reviewing her screening survey, staff at the counseling center didn’t want her to leave without speaking to a therapist.

Health and safety, International issues

University students aren’t reporting sexual assault, and new Australian guidelines don’t address why

Andrea Durbach, UNSW

Guidelines for how universities should respond to student sexual assault and sexual harassment released late last week fail to address the reason so many students don’t actually report their experiences. Nor do the guidelines, released by Universities Australia, address prevention of student sexual assault and harassment.

Universities must tackle sexual violence on and off campus

Lucy Winrow, University of Salford

A student-led campaign to end sexual violence at universities – Revolt Sexual Assault (RSA) – published the results of a national student […]

Topic: Health and safety

Survey of UK academics finds widespread feelings of stress and overwork

The mental health crisis on campus and how universities and colleges can fix it

Why building community – even through discomfort – could help stressed university and college students

Indigenous researchers plant seeds of hope for health and climate

University students aren’t reporting sexual assault, and new Australian guidelines don’t address why

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