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Supporting the wellbeing of postgraduate research students

Despite increased attention to student mental health in the media and within institutions, the wellbeing of postgraduate research (PGR) students can be overlooked. PGR students are often at greater risk of mental health problems and the PGR experience is normalised as one that is expected to be stressful. A growing body of research and evidence …

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Understanding unemployment and poor wellbeing

New research from the Evolve Workplace Wellbeing research team (including researchers from the University of East Anglia, Swansea University, University of Liverpool and University of Sheffield) sheds light on links between unemployment and poor wellbeing, demonstrating why creating good quality, sustainable jobs is crucial to people’s wellbeing. The team investigated the impact of unemployment on …

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Taking the good jobs question out to communities

The Good Jobs Project has been an evolving process of research and public engagement on how to create a good experience of work for people in frontline (public-facing) roles – such as retail, hospitality, care, tourism and charities. The project identified and made insight resources on ‘4 boosts for frontline workers’ (available on this site). …

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Newsletter #9 – March 2023

Apply rigour and relevance rules to any wellbeing initiative evaluation Our team’s latest research paper focuses on how public service organisations (police, teaching, healthcare) can evaluate and justify initiatives to support workplace wellbeing – not just from a moral standpoint (although that’s important!) but also for cost-effectiveness.   Read the open access paper ‘Mindfulness for …

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Click here to sign up to tell our evaluation partners about your experience of the website The Evolve Workplace Wellbeing online toolkit has been live for just over 4 months and thousands of people have viewed and interacted with the Evolve Workplace Wellbeing animation, guide, business case calculator, videos, podcasts, newsletters or course. We would …

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How far do you want to go with workplace wellbeing? Survey on the ethics of workplace wellbeing

Calling managers and leaders of UK organisations (public, private and third sector organisations all welcome!) to give their opinions on workplace wellbeing initiatives. TAKE PART: https://nbsuea.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ekusLeq2vnIiMOW Workplace Wellbeing can sometimes be a controversial and polarising topic. While there is clear academic evidence that suggests businesses paying attention to employee wellbeing can reap financial and cultural …

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