Growing macroeconomic and social headwinds are pressuring today’s university and college students. Higher education institutions must provide holistic support to address students’ financial worries, mental health concerns, and ensure wellbeing.
Symplicity and Orbis are thrilled to bring together a global panel to shed light on their thoughtful and comparative approaches to student support and wellbeing in the UK, USA, Canada, Germany, South Africa and beyond.
The panel will discuss designing a proactive and integrated student wellbeing support model informed by local and international best-practices.
Why attend this session?
- Discover different, tried and tested student wellbeing structures from around the world
- Learn innovative ways to mitigate and overcome specific challenges students are facing worldwide and inter-institutionally
- Hear how to influence and react to new regulations, policy and legal frameworks
Our Guest Speakers
Dr. Birgit Schreiber
Senior Associate Higher Education Leadership, Vice President
International Association of Student Affairs and Services
Andy Shanks
Director of Wellbeing
University of Edinburgh
Tim Galarneau
Education & Research Specialist & Basic Needs Co-chair
University of California Santa Cruz
Moderator: Bill Heinrich, PhD
Director
Mindset, Orbis
Host of Mindset in Motion, podcast
