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Objective 3 seeks to develop resources to encourage awareness of wellbeing and facilitate peer support.
Looking after oneself and awareness of how social, physical and mental factors contribute to wellbeing are essential for student success.
Students take ownership of their health and wellbeing, taking proactive steps to engage with support when this is needed.
Facilitating peer support through community-building activities and providing students with information and advice on wellbeing are key priorities for UCL.
Objective leads: Mitesh Vagadia (SSW) and Katie Sykes (Students' Union UCL).
Action 3A
Develop a web-based ‘Wellbeing for Success’ platform to inform students and encourage them to set goals and make choices for a healthy life at university and beyond. Work in partnership with students to develop content for the platform that reflects diverse views and experiences.
Action 3B
Isolation, perfectionism, time-management difficulties, exam anxiety, sleep problems, imposter syndrome and financial worries are faced by students. There is experience and expertise across UCL on managing and overcoming these issues. Encourage exchange of ideas and best practice through the Student Health and Wellbeing Community of Practice.
Action 3C
Provide a range of dedicated resources, such as apps and online training programmes, to promote good health and wellbeing and ways to cope with complex experiences, thoughts and emotions.
Action 3D
Building networks, learning new skills and contributing to the lives of others can help students stay connected and focused on the present. Encourage volunteering, career development, study abroad and entrepreneurship opportunities to this effect.
Action 3E
Enhance existing and develop new peer support programmes across UCL to facilitate health and wellbeing-related conversations and activities.
Action 3F
Continue to develop the Student Residence Advisers peer support system to effect a culture of care and respect for each other in UCL’s student residences.
Action 3G
Students find most beneficial the networks they self-identify with. Facilitate further development of student-led networks through the Students’ Union for a range of specific characteristics, such as students who live at home and commute to UCL, mature students, students who are parents and carers, and disabled students.