Our ‘Measuring Well-being in the Student Population’ report, led by Alyson Dodd and Nicola Byrom, is the result of a sector-wide consultation that included undergraduate and postgraduate students, academics and researchers, student services colleagues, those working in Higher Education management and policy, and those working in relevant organisations.
We are delighted to be able to bring you this resource and to have such support from across the sector on the final published report:
We are delighted to be able to bring you this resource and to have such support from across the sector on the final published report:
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'We are thrilled to see the launch of 'Measuring Wellbeing in the Student Population', an ambitious report which will provide a vital framework for articulating and measuring student wellbeing. By moving towards a unified, co-produced measure of student wellbeing, all of us engaged in improving student mental health, from academic researchers, to policy workers, to student activists, will be able to work more collaboratively and reduce barriers to mutual understanding. Those in the sector can draw on these measures knowing they were designed with and for students, reflecting their lived experience." - Jennifer Smith, Policy Manager, Student Minds |
The consultation was designed to understand what outcomes stakeholders believe to be important when it comes to measuring student well-being.
Five priority areas were identified for measuring student well-being..
Five priority areas were identified for measuring student well-being..
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Combined with findings from our published review on measuring student well-being, we mapped these priority areas on to published measures of well-being that have been used in UK students.
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The result is our published report which you can read online via Scribd below or download directly by clicking on the icon here:
| SMaRteN - Measuring Wellbeing in the Student Population |
This is intended to be a practical tool for universities and relevant organisations to make informed decisions about how they measure well-being and yield opportunities for shared knowledge and collaboration across the sector, as well as help universities implement positive changes to support the well-being of their students.