Upcoming events: Dealing with the stress of assessments: The inner chimp – a very human response to adverse situations
About the session
Within the context of promoting and protecting student wellbeing and particularly resilience, this short interactive workshop session will introduce the key features of a powerful mind management model that can be used to help individuals improve their performance and learn about to cope with the challenges of University as well as Workplace expectations.
Facilitator
Sara Morris-Docker, Department of Nursing and Midwifery and LEAD Associate – HWB
Themes
- assessment
- feedback
Who is it for?
The session will be useful for academic advisors, module teams and Student Support officers in their interactions with, and support of students who are meeting the emotional challenge of assessment deadlines and post assessment feedback. The session will explain and encourage a discussion and application of the model.
The model presented offers a simple, evidence based, highly accessible and easy to understand approach to dealing with adverse situations. It is particularly useful for everyday as well as higher stress situations and can open the door to beginning to understanding our human responses to every day, as well as one-off, irritations, frustrations and challenges.
What next?
The model presented offers a simple, evidence based, highly accessible and easy to understand approach to dealing with adverse situations. It is particularly useful for everyday as well as higher stress situations and can open the door to beginning to understanding our human responses to every day, as well as one-off, irritations, frustrations and challenges. You will leave the session equipped to use the model with your own students, and also to use it to manage your own assessment-related stress.
Your development
To support your academic professional development, this session is mapped to the UKPSF and the NSS. You may find it useful to record your participation and use it as evidence for your application for recognition (HEA Fellowship or Promotion) or as evidence of ‘Remaining in Good Standing’ in your annual appraisal.
| UK Professional Standards Framework | A3 Assess and give feedback to learnersA5 Develop effective learning environments and approaches to student support and guidance
V2 Promote participation in higher education and equality of opportunity for learners |
| National Student Survey | 9 Marking and assessment have been fair11 I have received helpful comments on my work
13 I have received sufficient advice and guidance in relation to my course |
Workshop dates/times:
| Wednesday 13th February | 9.30 – 11.00 | City: Owen 1033 |
| Friday 15th February | 2.00 – 3.30 | Collegiate: HOTC HC.0.07 |
Please ensure that you watch this short Youtube clip on the model before you attend the session
Note: depending on interest, further dates/locations may be arranged during February/March 2019
Coming up! April 2019 there will be a follow-on from ‘dealing with the stress’
Taming the inner chimp; an aware-full approach
available to those staff who have completed ‘dealing with the stress’ session – more details to follow
How to book:
In order to book onto this session, please email your preferred date/location.
When your email has been processed and your place has been allocated, you will be sent a Meeting Request in Outlook. Please ‘Accept’ this request as soon as possible and keep us informed if your plans change – where sessions reach full capacity we operate a waiting list and your place can be given to someone else.