We offer a range of expert-led short courses to help employers and employees navigate workplace wellbeing and life.
Professional and Personal DevelopmentMental Health & Wellbeing
Understanding emotions as communication
Offered via: Centre for Lifelong Learning
Duration: 3 hours
Delivery: Online or on-campus
Bespoke versions: Available on request
This course will introduce you to how emotions shape so many aspects of our lives, including relationships, careers, leadership and our physical and mental health. It will help you to understand the importance of knowing how you, and others, feel; what emotions might be communicating; and how to use them as a guide to what we need or want. You will have the opportunity to try different tools to increase your emotional literacy and improve your ability to recognise how you are feeling.
Understanding gender-based violence
Offered via: Centre for Lifelong Learning
Duration: 3 hours
Delivery: Online
Bespoke versions: Available on request
Emerging data and reports released by the United Nations have shown that all types of violence against women and girls, particularly domestic violence, have increased. Gender-based violence (GBV) refers to harmful acts directed at an individual based on their gender. It is rooted in gender inequality, the abuse of power and harmful norms. Gender-based violence is a serious violation of human rights and a life-threatening health and protection issue.
This course will build an understanding of the nature and scope of GBV, to recognise its impact on those who experience it, and look at the role society, culture, and media plays towards perpetuating gender inequality. It will also teach you the signs to look out for in women and children living with domestic abuse and give contact details for available help and support.
Understanding grief and loss
Offered via: Centre for Lifelong Learning
Delivery: On-campus or synchronous online options
Bespoke versions: Available on request
This short seminar will invite participants to reflect on their own experience of grief and loss, explore the effects of loss, and look towards ways we can cope with loss & help others to do so. In this course, you will cover different types of loss, theoretical frameworks to help you understand the process of loss and receive information on additional supports available.
Introduction to sleep health
Offered via: Centre for Sleep Health, Department of Psychological Sciences & Health
Duration: Can be delivered flexibly over 1.5 days or in 2-hour weekly sessions over 5 weeks
Delivery: On-campus or synchronous online options
Bespoke versions: Available on request
Good sleep is essential for good health, while persistent sleep problems increase the risk of mental and physical ill health.
The aim of this course is to increase awareness of the importance of prioritising and promoting good sleep health. Delivered by sleep experts in the field of Behavioural Sleep Medicine, attendees will develop an understanding of how sleep fits into the public health agenda, understand the foundations of healthy sleep, learn how to appropriately assess sleep, and learn about the most common sleep disorders.
Improving adolescent sleep health
Offered via: Centre for Sleep Health, Department of Psychological Sciences and Health
Duration: 7 hours; can be offered in 2 hour sessions once a week or in a more intense format over one full day
Delivery: On-campus or synchronous online options
Bespoke versions: Available on request
Poor sleep health is common during adolescence due to biological changes and environmental and societal demands that impact on sleep. Insufficient and poor quality sleep in adolescence is associated with an increased risk of mental health problems, poor physical health, school absenteeism and cognitive impairments such as reduced concentration and memory.
Delivered by experts in the field of Behavioural Sleep Medicine, this course has been specifically designed for individuals working closely with adolescents (e.g., teachers, educational psychologists, school support staff, youth workers). The aim is to provide attendees with a solid, theoretical understanding of the foundations of adolescent sleep, the knowledge to identify when a young person may be experiencing persistent poor sleep, and the practical skills to help encourage them to sleep well.