Helping staff and students avoid burnout

By miranda.prynne, 11 February, 2021
Building resilience and wellbeing in challenging times
Advice on protecting well-being and managing workloads to ensure online teaching is sustainable for staff and students
Helping staff and students avoid burnout
Advice on protecting well-being and managing workloads
to ensure online teaching is sustainable for staff and students
Building resilience and wellbeing in challenging times
Supporting well-being in academia

Covid-19 continues to take its toll on the well-being of university staff and students who are grappling with ongoing upheaval, overwork, isolation and more. This collection of resources explores what individuals and institutions can do to protect well-being, manage workloads and build resilience.

By miranda.prynne, 11 February, 2021

Supporting academia’s well-being during Covid-19 and beyond

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Advice on supporting the well-being of overworked academics
With an unprecedented global mental health crisis and rising stress among university staff, six academics come together to propose how best to support faculty and new ways of working now and well beyond the pandemic
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What can institutions do to support staff?
Fostering a sense of belonging among remote students to aid learning
Managing change
Boosting student employability via digital learning
Building staff resilience
Resources
By miranda.prynne, 4 February, 2021

How to manage your busyness to avoid burnout

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How to manage your busyness to avoid burnout
Overwork and stress are growing issues among academics, particularly following the sudden transition to online teaching. Erin Wilson talks through how she manages her busyness to avoid burnout
By miranda.prynne, 14 December, 2020

This is not normal: advice for stressed academics

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Advice for stressed academics on managing workloads
With the overhaul of teaching, soaring workloads, childcare demands and other challenges presented by Covid-19, many academics are at risk of burn-out. Psychology professor Jay Van Bavel outlines steps that stressed lecturers can take to manage workloads
Managing teaching to avoid being overloaded
Managing workloads to avoid burnout
Protecting student well-being
Resources
By miranda.prynne, 10 December, 2020

Pastoral care for students in the digital classroom

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Providing pastoral care for students in the digital classroom
Providing the pastoral care students need can be difficult when teaching remotely. Here, Chris Headleand offers tips on looking out for students’ general well-being when limited to online communication
By miranda.prynne, 18 November, 2020

Take your online teaching outside

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Encourage students to take their online learning outside
Being outdoors can offer students and teachers dozens of benefits, from improved learning outcomes to better mental health. Aimée Little talks about taking online classes outside