Welcome to the DIGIPASS Staff Toolkit - Health and Wellbeing
In this section, you will find information and resources to help support you in dealing with wellbeing challenges when it comes to student mobility. We offer best practice guidance for supporting students with their health and wellbeing, both whilst abroad and at home.
These resources are also important for your own health and wellbeing and provide access to a virtual community of practice.
Best practices
In this video, various experts talk about the topic of mental health and wellbeing of students and how they, as staff members of the university, deal with these matters. They share their best practices and tips of how to deal with health issues from students during their mobility.
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How to...
To support students’ wellbeing during their exchange program abroad, it is useful to make the student aware that there are exercises they can do that can help in reducing stress, anxiety, and related issues.
Try the following exercises, and pass them along to your students.
Checklist
In order to help your students effectively, we have created a checklist that you could share with the students to maintain a healthy life style. Not only is it important for them to know, but as a staff member, your role is to make them aware of these points.
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Useful Websites
- 1.Togetherall
- 2.Podcasts from Mentalhealth.org
- 3.Student Minds
- 4.Exercise: Nike Club and Training club apps
- 5.NHS: Every Mind Matters
- 1. Paced Breathing
- 2. Love Hue
- 3. Smiling Mind – free guided meditations
- 4. Mealim
- 5. Relax Melodies – Sleep sounds
Useful apps
FAQ
There are many questions students have when they are abroad. Especially when they are not in a great and rational condition, things might become serious. It is advisable to have an overview of frequently asked questions by former mobility students and have a response ready.