Good (mental) health is crucial for a positive and successful student life. It is important to take care of yourself and be aware of the well-being of those around you. Challenges are part of daily life and everyone’s personal development, but sometimes it can all be too much. Your well-being can come under pressure. As a board member of a student organisation, you will also have to deal with the well-being of your members and fellow students. Talk about it with each other or organize a well-being training with the help of the tips below, and know where you and the members can go for help and guidance.
Tips
- Who to contact (UU): an overview of the help available to UU students.
- Guidance and help (HU): an overview of the help available to HU students.
- Training offer for associations (UU): workshops and training courses on well-being for your members or board. Think of ‘Preventing burnout’, ‘Mindfulness’ or ‘Exploring life themes’
- Student Wellbeing Grant (UU): subsidy for activities about student well-being.
- Wellbeing Week (UU): program with activities that you can promote to the members, and that you can join as an organization.
- Door Het Geluid: workshops by students for students on various well-being themes, such as loneliness, mourning or pressure to perform.
- Student Wellbeing Guide: a manual for student boards to professionalize your policy on student well-being.
- Student Care Guide: a platform with much more help and care providers in Utrecht.
Contact
UU
Tirza Wildeboer
Project Manager Student Wellbeing
studentwellbeing@uu.nl
HU
Femke Noordhoek
Coördinator Student Support Centre
studentsupportcentre@hu.nl