When Advance HE launched the first Embedding Mental Wellbeing in the Curriculum (EMW) project De Montfort University (DMU) were keen to be actively involved. In March 2020, as the UK moved into lockdown due to Covid-19 a new team formed to devise and deliver a project to embed mental wellbeing to best support the University community.
What could be achieved?
The starting point was to reflect on work to date within the University and across the sector and ask ‘what could be achieved at this time?’. This led to a project proposal founded on five core areas: the expansion of existing online support, the development of new welfare-based resources, the enhancement of online workshops for colleagues, a renewed academic development offer and the sharing of best practice.
