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Stepping into the NewMaking a positive transition to Higher Education
Jackie Head
Head of Student Counselling, University of Bristol
Workshop Outline
• Who goes to University?
• Charting your journey
• Some student examples
• Markers of wellbeing
• Special cases
• What helps?
Who goes to University?
• Brightest and best?• I sent my head to University• Transition to HE begins early• Opportunities and challenges• A goldfish bowl / a pressure cooker
Wellbeing and work
‘Skills for study include the ability to maintain appropriate work-life balance and psychological equilibrium, to manage stress and work collaboratively with others, to remain motivated and avoid procrastination, and to develop emotional intelligence and psychological coping strategies.’
Charting your journey
Milestones
Strengths & Fault lines and their impact
What is my core belief about myself?
Educational self esteem
Skills for study
Some examples
Five Ways to Wellbeing
Pre-existing and emerging MH difficulties
Movement from one CMHT to anotherGeographical distance from known Lost support networksStigma
Not everyone understandsThoughts feelings and behaviourWhere is new support network?
When someone has emerging mental health difficulties at University there can be new challenges
Confusion and destabilisation to one’s sense of self
Feeling constrained by our own/others prejudices
Difficult symptoms to manage
Being unfamiliar with how to access support
Feeling driven towards behaviour (coping strategies) which might not help
Loss of the ‘old me’
What helps?
• Awareness of strengths and needs• Normalise talking about mental health• Signpost to support (Tutor/DSA/CMHT)• Fresh starts balanced with safety nets• Peer to peer connections• Tailored provision