A Connections workshop
Workshop leaders from the Healthy Universities Initiative (HUI), who aim to promote and improve student and staff self-management, success and wellbeing at UNSW, will introduce participants to an evidence-based approach that has been successfully adopted by course convenors across multiple disciplines.
During the two-hour interactive workshop, presenters will run through existing Moodle modules and other additional resources. You will be invited to apply the framework to your own course/ program, and create practical strategies which are appropriate to your curricular context. Workshop leaders will be on hand to facilitate the process, and peers will help problem-solve in small groups.
Note: originally a hybrid event, this workshop is now fully online.
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About the Speakers
Professor Nalini Pather co-Leads the Healthy Universities Initiative with Jacky Cranney, Leesa Sidhu, and Gary Velan. Nalini is Co-Director of the Scientia Education Academy (SEA) and has won several teaching awards including the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Australian Award for University Teaching. Nalini is internationally recognised for contributing to medical education scholarship, focussing on educational technologies, course design, humanistic education, and mentoring. She is a Co-Editor of a Q1 education journal.
Jacky Cranney (Honorary Professor, Psychology) has won numerous UNSW, national and international awards and Fellowships, particularly for her work in graduate competencies, psychological literacy, and student wellbeing. As a UNSW Scientia Education Academy Fellow, she co-leads the Healthy Universities Initiative, which emphasises curricular approaches to student self-management, success and wellbeing.
Dr Leesa Sidhu has a strong interest in supporting student success and wellbeing and, as Fellow of the Scientia Education Academy, has co-led the Healthy Universities Initiative. Her teaching awards include the UNSW Students’ Choice Teaching Award (2021), the Australian Mathematical Society Award for Teaching Excellence (2018), the UNSW Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence (2017) and the UNSW Canberra Rector's Award for Teaching Excellence (2015).
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This event is a part of the Connections series, consisting of seminars and workshops that provide you with the opportunity to learn from your colleagues to inform your own teaching practice. This year, Connections will align with the Educational & Student Experience themes of “Listening, Challenging, Supporting”.