Happy 2022 from Gold Leaf! We apologise for not having sent our new year’s greetings sooner. We are not offering excuses for being so tardy, but if we were, we could claim that we have been waiting to get more of a grip on the lie of the land as the new year swings intoContinueContinue reading “Belated New Year’s Greetings!”
Category Archives: Students
The 2021 – 2022 Academic Year: Covid, academia, academic publishing and Gold Leaf’s birthday!
Covid is still with us, along with many restrictions and quasi-restrictions, even though this summer has in some ways appeared to be more “normal”, at least in the UK, than last. “Freedom Day” happened, although it was a bit of a damp squib – essentially, it consisted of the government telling us that it isContinueContinue reading “The 2021 – 2022 Academic Year: Covid, academia, academic publishing and Gold Leaf’s birthday!”
Supporting student mental health at Nottingham Trent University
Paul Dodsley and Leah Wareham together form the hub of the student support service at Nottingham Trent University, where 30,000 students are studying at any one time. Paul describes the service as “prevention-led” – its aim is to take hold of opportunities to support students before they slip into difficulties, rather than afterwards. It hasContinueContinue reading “Supporting student mental health at Nottingham Trent University”
Mental health of international undergraduates in a time of global crisis
As part of our mini-series about undergraduate mental health, we tried to find out more about the specific issues international students face at this time of global crisis, and which strategies universities and students themselves are deploying to address them. First, to provide some clarity: the term “mental health” is frequently used ambiguously, but forContinueContinue reading “Mental health of international undergraduates in a time of global crisis”
The mental well-being of our students
Whilst at Gold Leaf we believe it is alarmist – and not at all helpful – to call the present generation of students “lost” because of the impact of the pandemic and various lockdowns on their education – in our experience most young people are astonishingly brave and resilient – it has to be acknowledgedContinueContinue reading “The mental well-being of our students”
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