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One way of supporting student wellbeing is to be aware of how we make students feel when we teach, whilst recognising that learners will be variable in relation to how they emotionally respond to learning.

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A foundation of UDL practice is recognising learner variability. The emotional response to learning is also a source of learner variability. We might call this "Emotional Variability". Emotional variability is often unrecognised and poorly understood.

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The four basic emotions are "Happiness", "Sadness", "Fear" and "Anger". Generally, Happiness is good for our wellbeing, but Sadness, Fear and Anger are not so good. As such, it is important that we locate the parts of our curriculum and instructional experiences that elicit these emotions.

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I work in academic development and have spent the last 7 years at DMU supporting the adoption of UDL.

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Group work projects are a big source of stress & anxiety for our students so these activities encourage them to take a proactive approach, with the aim of minimising conflict and creating a productive working environment. The activities are designed to be run by a tutor within a taught session and the slides are accompanied by detailed teaching notes and signposting info.

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We worked with our alumni to produce short videos which give advice to current students about topics like dealing with stress, managing time, giving presentations and working in groups. These address common causes of stress and anxiety. The use of alumni to give advice also serves to normalise students' concerns - they aren't the only person to feel worried by giving a presentation, for example.

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Masterclasses focus on personal development and students can attend as many as they wish. They are advertised on the Healthy DMU Hub

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Each year we create a menu of embedded workshops that can be timetabled and delivered within courses. Here's the menu for next academic year to give you an idea of what we offer.

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Moving into a work placement can be a daunting prospect. To support students' wellbeing during this transition we created downloadable materials for course lecturers to use. They include this video we created with employers and placement students about what to expect.

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Advice from Employers: Going on Placement

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This is our central portal for all things health & wellbeing related.

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The HealthyDMU Hub is here to support your health and wellbeing while studying at DMU.

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I work in the Disability team at DMU. I'm also a Fair Outcomes champion in the Decolonising DMU project.

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This project, led by De Montfort University, explores how mental wellbeing can be embedded into all aspects of higher education to enhance the student experience. Collaborative research by teams from seven higher education providers and a students' union has led to the collation of best practice examples and the creation of these Open Educational Resources (OERs).

The project team provide definitions for mental wellbeing and embedding mental wellbeing to facilitate accessibility of the resources provided. Having identified examples to share with the sector, the benefits of embedding mental wellbeing for students, practitioners or programmes, and institutions (including students' unions) are shared, helping users consider the outcomes to be realised from replicating similar activity within their own settings.

The OERs aim to support colleagues in higher education globally to embed mental wellbeing in their curricula, and are thematically grouped into:

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students navigating transitions and through the student journey

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Embedding Mental Wellbeing - Methods and Benefits

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This Collaborative Enhancement Project, led by De Montfort University, explores how mental wellbeing can be embedded into all aspects of higher education to enhance the student experience. Collaborative research by teams from seven higher education providers and a students' union has led to the collation of best practice examples and the creation of these Open Educational Resources (OERs).

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De Montfort University's Embedding Mental Wellbeing team harnesses the power of academics, professional services and the Students' Union in collaborative partnership to embed mental wellbeing activity across the University. Responding to the needs of the University community and the impact of Covid-19, the team reviewed and extended the existing mental wellbeing offer and introduced a new suite of support for colleagues and students to enhance mental wellbeing.

The team was led by Zoë Allman (PFHEA & NTF) in a project originally aligned to Advance HE's Embedding Mental Wellbeing in the Curriculum national activity. When Covid-19 lockdowns impacted activity across the country Zoë established and led a new team to re-scope the project to guarantee delivery of impact by ensuring that embedding mental wellbeing in the curriculum reached, and was accessible to, students across the University. Bringing together elected sabbatical officers and permanent staff from the Students' Union, representatives from HealthyDMU, Course Specific Initiatives, and Welfare alongside Academic Development created a holistic, multidisciplinary approach.

In new collaborative action the team created five new wellbeing masterclasses for students, two new workshops for staff, a series of downloadable tutor packs for use in a variety of taught settings, unique online resources, opportunities for student voice leading to individualised support, and importantly a clear communication strategy about what was available, how and why to engage, to enhance mental wellbeing and student experience.

Mental wellbeing has been successfully embedded across the University, from induction and staff development, to Student Union by-law and University strategy changes. The team has extended its reach and impact beyond the University, with invited speaker opportunities at numerous conferences, journal articles, blogs and a book chapter. Through this project multiple agencies have achieved transformation and cross-institutional, as well as cross-sector impact.

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De Montfort University's Embedding Mental Wellbeing team harnesses the power of academics, professional services and the Students' Union in collaborative partnership to embed mental wellbeing activity across the University. Responding to the University community and the impact of Covid-19, this project has achieved cross-institutional transformation and cross-sector impact.