Part of the goal of SMaRteN is to to provide a platform for individuals with a shared interest to have formal and informal discussion. But we also know that there's a huge diversity of interests amongst our network.
SMaRteN Groups are platforms that facilitate discussion, based on the areas that are of interest to network members.
Read more below to find out more about our groups and joining them!
SMaRteN Groups are platforms that facilitate discussion, based on the areas that are of interest to network members.
Read more below to find out more about our groups and joining them!
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Virtual Lab Group for Early Career Researchers and PhD StudentsOur lab group runs online, via Microsoft teams and meets every week. We have guest speakers talking about their research. We discuss papers and share our own research ideas, plans and findings.
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PhD Students' Mental Health Group
The PhD process is very different from studying a taught course (such as UG, and PGT), and it is this fact that provides the rationale for this SIG focussing specifically on doctoral students. We have established the U-DOC research group at the University of Sussex, funded by the Office for Students Catalyst Fund. From this funding we have conducted several studies aiming to explore the prevalence of poor mental health amongst doctoral students and identify the associated risk and protective factors. We would like to establish this SIG to continue our work, and cement networks that have been triggered via the Catalyst Funding scheme. A key goal for this SIG would be to create some consistency in terms of methods and measures amongst researchers interested in the mental health of PGRs so as to support the collection of large and diverse data sets that can then be used to answer research questions related to prevalence.
Click here to read more about our first topic, 'Understanding the mental health of doctoral researchers - Lessons learned so far,' that will take place on October 27th from 11:00AM - 11:50AM. To join us please email smarten@kcl.ac.uk.
The PhD process is very different from studying a taught course (such as UG, and PGT), and it is this fact that provides the rationale for this SIG focussing specifically on doctoral students. We have established the U-DOC research group at the University of Sussex, funded by the Office for Students Catalyst Fund. From this funding we have conducted several studies aiming to explore the prevalence of poor mental health amongst doctoral students and identify the associated risk and protective factors. We would like to establish this SIG to continue our work, and cement networks that have been triggered via the Catalyst Funding scheme. A key goal for this SIG would be to create some consistency in terms of methods and measures amongst researchers interested in the mental health of PGRs so as to support the collection of large and diverse data sets that can then be used to answer research questions related to prevalence.
Click here to read more about our first topic, 'Understanding the mental health of doctoral researchers - Lessons learned so far,' that will take place on October 27th from 11:00AM - 11:50AM. To join us please email smarten@kcl.ac.uk.
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Pedagogy and CurriculumThis group is for anyone interested in the role of pedagogy and curriculum in student mental health. This could include curriculum content, curriculum structure, assessment design, questions around whether the curriculum is a place to address wellbeing... and more!
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Measuring Student Mental Health
This group is for those interested in measuring and tracking student mental health and wellbeing. The SMaRteN network is addressing the challenge of developing a set of core outcome measures for student mental health and well-being, and creating a common language. If you would like to collaborate with others in this field of work, join this discussion group.