Professor Cassie Wilson
Blog for the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience)
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Finding out about student support: Academic Skills
As we enter December, this always feels like a time of the year when the University community look forward to a well-deserved rest over the winter break to spend time with friends or family. However, I am also conscious this...
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Finding out about student support: Loneliness and Belonging
As we reach the midpoint between the start of the academic year and winter vacation, this can often be a time when students, and especially new students, may struggle if they are still feeling homesick or have not made the...
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Finding out about student support: Student Living Assistants
For my latest blog, I have spent some time with the Student Living Support Team to find out what we do to support new students to the University and particularly in our accommodation. I met with Matt Waldron, Student Living...
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World Suicide Prevention Day – Saturday 10 September
World Suicide Prevention Day was established in 2003 with the very simple aim of focusing attention on the issue, reducing the stigma around suicide, raising awareness across our communities, and giving a message that suicide can be prevented. The latest...
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Pastoral Support Training for Academic Staff
At the start of the month I attended the Pastoral Support Training for Personal Tutors (Student support staff training (bath.ac.uk)) run by the Student Policy and Safeguarding team. The team are running sessions for both personal tutors and doctoral supervisors...
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Finding out about student support: The new Be Well App
In the second of my blogs about pastoral support for our students, I chatted to Rob Heyes from Student Support about the new Be Well App and other resources that students can access to help manage their wellbeing and mental...
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Finding out about student support: Security
One of my key areas of responsibility as PVC (SE) is student wellbeing and pastoral support. Most of us are familiar with Student Support Services and what a brilliant job they do in supporting our students but one thing I...
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University Mental Health Day – Thursday 3 March
In this joint post, Professor Cassie Wilson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience) and Richard Brooks, Director of Human Resources, reflect on University Mental Health Day. This year’s University Mental Health Day focuses on the theme of ‘No student should ever feel alone...