Mental health, wellbeing and Corona

Has your mental health and wellbeing been affected by the pandemic? Many people have, including some of your staff and students. Have you thought about the ways that you can create space for staff and students to talk about their issues and concerns? Did you know that there are a range of resources to help support the mental health and wellbeing of staff and students? A free easy to read leaflet might be a useful resource for you to circulate.

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#BlackLivesMatter - Training is no ‘silver bullet’ to creating diverse and inclusive work places

Looking deeply at your culture, practice and outcomes, do you know what it’s really like for people with different protected characteristics to work and learn in your organisation? How will you genuinely advance inclusion? How will you respond positively to #BlackLivesMatter? How will you avoid the pitfall of over-reliance on training?

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Corona Virus – what’s the impact on staff and student mental health and wellbeing?

The Corona Virus pandemic has caused a significant impact on mental health and wellbeing. Have you thought about the ways that you can create space for staff and students to talk about their issues and concerns? Have you considered training to help staff support their students and their colleagues who are experiencing anxiety or stress? Did you know that there are a range of resources to help support the mental health and wellbeing of staff and students?

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Did you miss the deadline to publish new equality objectives in April 2020?

With the Corona Virus lockdown in March, you might have missed the deadline to publish a fresh set of equality objectives by April 2020. If so, here is a quick reminder of the duties to support you to publish.

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Safe to come out?

Does the culture of your organisation encourage lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBandT) staff to feel comfortable to come out? Have you asked staff who are out in your organisation for their answer to this question? Did you know that in April 2020, a gay engineer was awarded £175,000 for his ‘nightmare’ treatment after coming out?

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