Supporting PGR students' mental health and well-being 17 June

Thursday 17 June 14:00 - 15:30

UCL's Arena Centre and Student Support and Wellbeing (SSW) are delivering this session, which is open to all new and existing research supervisors.

High expectations and workloads associated with a PhD can create an environment in which students experience heightened anxiety, isolation, and insecurity. Additional factors, such as working conditions or personal circumstances can also impact wellbeing. 

UKCGE’s Good Supervisory Practice Framework emphasises the important role supervisors play in supporting student wellbeing and creating a healthy institutional and academic culture.

This session is designed to help supervisors recognise indicators of mental health problems and potential triggers, understand the boundaries of their responsibilities and capabilities, confidently signpost PGR students to appropriate support, and be mindful of their own wellbeing and healthy working practices.  

This session will help supervisors:

• consider the links between positive mental health and academic success for PGRs and their supervisors
• understand the role supervisors can have in supporting PGRs’ mental health and wellbeing
• identify resources available to support PGR students and supervisors
• share good practice
• consider the importance of their own mental health and wellbeing and contribute to a healthy institutional and academic culture.  

Who should attend

New and existing research supervisors will find this session useful.