Evidence and evaluation: how to improve support for student mental health

This free professional development webinar for Student Services professionals in higher education, presented in partnership with TASO (Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education), helps you build awareness and knowledge of the Student Mental Health Evidence Hub, including its evidence-based toolkit, examples of practice and evaluation guidance.

Find out how the Student Mental Health Evidence Hub can guide evidence-informed practice and build the evaluation capacity of student mental health interventions. Take the opportunity to think about your own interventions and ask questions about this new resource.

Join us to:

• Get a clear understanding of the hub and how to use it to inform your approaches to student mental health support.
• Understand the importance of using evidence to inform practice and how to generate more robust evaluation.
• Learn about developing evidence-based interventions to support student mental health.
• Learn more about approaches for evaluating interventions.

This free event takes place online on Thursday 14 December 2023 from 09:30 to 10:30 (GMT).

This event is hosted using Zoom. We'll send you a link to join the meeting when you register.

You'll receive recordings of the event sessions afterwards (subject to successful recordings), as well as any presentations or resources. The recordings won't include discussion sessions, workshops, ‘Chatham House rule’ sections or presentation sessions that speakers prefer not to share in this way.

Speakers

Tatjana Damjanovic

Tatjana is the Research Officer on the Student Mental Health Project at TASO. She has a background working as a mental health practitioner and fundraiser prior to moving into research. Tatjana holds an MA in European Studies from University College London, with a focus on qualitative research on women’s mental health. She is also currently training as a humanistic psychotherapist.

Dr Helen Lawson

Helen is the Research Manager at TASO. She has over twenty years of experience in the education sector, working on a variety of research and evaluation projects. Helen has a PhD in Citizenship Education, an MRes (Education and Society) and an MSc in Education for Sustainability. Helen has a strong interest in social justice issues and has spent a number of years living and working in Latin America.

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AMOSSHE handles your personal data according to our privacy policy. We won't share your personal data with speakers, session leaders or sponsors, unless you consent to this on the form when you register.

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AMOSSHE Winter Conference 2024: boundaries, understanding and impact

This professional development conference for Student Services leaders in higher education explores making an impact on student wellbeing, continuation and success through establishing roles and boundaries in relation to student support, and understanding our students and services using data.

The conference explores a range of themes:

• Roles and boundaries of student support when working with academic colleagues, NHS services, and students’ parents, and for out of hours provision.
• Establishing boundaries to support the wellbeing of ourselves and our staff teams.
• Using analytics to understand our students and manage risk.
• Using data to design and manage our services, and to demonstrate the impact of what we do.

The event is led by AMOSSHE Executive Members Sally Lambah (Wrexham University) and Sarah Sweeney (Lancaster University).

    

Find out more about the speakers and programme on the event website:

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Location, time and prices

This conference takes place on Friday 9 February 2024 from 09:30 to 16:30 (GMT) at The Parkgate Hotel, Westgate Street, Cardiff CF10 1DA.

An informal pre-conference networking reception takes place from 18:00 to 19:30 on Thursday 8 February 2024. This is included in your conference fee.

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Delegate prices

Here are the delegate prices:

• AMOSSHE named member - £250 (log in to access this rate)
• Non-member (other employees of an AMOSSHE member organisation, individuals, not-for-profit organisations, higher education providers not associated with AMOSSHE) - £300
• Corporate (non-member corporate, for-profit organisations) - £340

You don’t need to pay VAT for AMOSSHE events. Prices include refreshments and lunch. Please let us know on your booking form of any accessibility requirements and how we can make the event more engaging for you.

Before you book to attend, please read our booking terms and conditions.

AMOSSHE will make every effort to ensure that you are charged the correct booking rate. However, please note that the onus is on you to provide the correct information and choose the correct rate applicable to you. AMOSSHE welcomes payment online by credit or debit card, or by bank transfer or cheque. If you choose to pay online but then decide to pay by a different method, please email info@amosshe.org.uk for help.

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Accommodation

If you need accommodation for the event, you must book this separately. AMOSSHE can't book accommodation for you.

If you want to stay at the event venue on Thursday 8 February 2024, AMOSSHE has arranged a discounted bed and breakfast rate for single occupancy of £135. To book this, go to the venue website and click Book Now. Choose to book a stay, enter the date and occupancy details, and then under Do you have a booking code select Block Code and enter SHE080224.

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Sponsors

This event is kindly sponsored by these organisations:

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AMOSSHE handles your personal data according to our privacy policy. We won't share your personal data with speakers, session leaders or sponsors, unless you consent to this on the form when you register.

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AMOSSHE National Conference 2024

The AMOSSHE National Conference 2024 is the UK’s foremost opportunity for Student Services leaders in higher education to share expertise and good practice, develop strategy and skills, and build professional networks.

Find out more about the conference:

• About the conference
• Call for session proposals
• Prices
• Reduced fee places available to encourage participation
• Booking
• Your data

About the conference

The AMOSSHE National Conference brings together a wealth of experience and expertise, which makes it the ideal forum to explore key themes for Student Services in higher education.

The conference takes place from Wednesday 26 to Friday 28 June 2024 at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

The conference is for in-person delegates only. Sessions at the conference will not be recorded or streamed online.

The conference explores how Student Services leaders and professionals can be more:

• Collaborative - working together with colleagues and students across and between our institutions, as well as statutory services, local and national associations, governments and charities, and other higher education providers in the UK and abroad.
• Supportive - delivering excellent services and opportunities that meet the needs of our diverse student populations, while also supporting ourselves and our colleagues to thrive and develop.
• Influential - taking a lead in professional innovation and practice, setting and attaining high standards, and sharing expertise and good practice to help raise the standard and reach of all our work.

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Call for session proposals

We’re looking for contributors to lead sessions at our National Conference 2024. We want your proposals for informative and stimulating sessions that will engage delegates and contribute to everyone’s understanding and professional development.

Find out all about the call for proposals, and submit your session proposal, here: National Conference 2024: call for session proposals.

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Prices

The cost of the conference depends on whether the delegate is:

• An AMOSSHE named member.
• A non-member (other employees of an AMOSSHE member organisation, individuals, not-for-profit organisations, higher education providers not associated with AMOSSHE).
• A non-member representing a corporate organisation.

Please make sure you choose the correct rate when you book (members need to log in to see the member rate).

You can choose to attend as a residential delegate or non-residential day delegate:

• Residential places are for all three days of the conference, including accommodation for two nights at the conference venue with all meals, and all evening events.
• Non-residential day places include lunch and refreshments only. You can attend the evening events on 26 and 27 June for an extra charge. If you choose not to book a residential place, AMOSSHE can't arrange accommodation for you.

Here are the prices:

Type of delegate	AMOSSHE named member	Non-member	Corporate
Residential	£780	£900	£1,050
Three days non-residential	£550	£690	£840
Wednesday only	£160	£235	£285
Thursday only	£285	£385	£450
Friday only	£160	£235	£285

Non-residential day delegates can attend the evening networking events for an extra charge as follows:

• Wednesday 26 June (networking meal) - £60
• Thursday 27 June (gala dinner) - £80

These events includes dinner, drinks and entertainment.

You don’t need to pay VAT for AMOSSHE events. Before you book to attend, please read our booking terms and conditions.

You can pay:

• Online by credit or debit card, or
• By invoice to pay by bank transfer or cheque.

If you choose to pay online but then decide to pay by a different method, please email info@amosshe.org.uk for help. AMOSSHE will make every effort to ensure that you are charged the correct booking rate. However, please note that it's your responsibility to provide the correct information and choose the correct rate applicable to you.

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Reduced fee places available to encourage participation

We want colleagues from across the higher education student support sector to take part in our National Conference 2024, including those who have less opportunity to engage with an event of this kind. We want to help with the professional development of colleagues who are:

• Starting on their Student Services leadership career (for example, early career professionals).
• Working in circumstances that limit their opportunities for professional development (for example, those from small and specialist organisations where resources for professional development are tight).
• From diverse backgrounds, who want to bring their perspectives and insights to the conference conversations and contribute to our network of Student Services leaders.

Two residential places are available at a reduced fee of £625 each for colleagues working in higher education support roles who might otherwise find it difficult to attend.

The reduced fee places are for all three days of the conference, and include accommodation at the conference venue, all meals and access to the evening events. Travel to and from the conference isn’t included, so you’ll need to arrange and pay for this yourself.

In return for the reduced fee place, we’ll ask you to write a short article about what you learned at the conference, the value of attending to your professional development, and how others might benefit by taking part. We’ll publish your article on our website.

Watch this space for more information about how to apply for one of the reduced fee places.

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Booking

Booking for the conference opens in March 2024.

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Your data

We handle your personal data according to our privacy policy. We won't share your personal data with speakers, session leaders or sponsors, unless you consent to this on the form when you register.

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