The conference took place on 10 October and was organised by Josephine NwaAmaka Bardi, Founder of RAMHHE, Registered Mental Health nurse, and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) PhD Mental Health and Wellbeing student.
After receiving two successful grants from the prestigious ESRC, Josephine began the RAMHHE campaign as a labour of love, alongside continuing to work on her separate PhD project.
Feedback on the day was excellent, and following our success, we are hoping to run another conference on RAMHHE in the future.
The campaign continues at www.ramhhe.org, where conference attendees can complete an evaluation form. Students are also still very welcome to submit blogs about mental health experiences, wellbeing and recovery, or submit a sentence on how we can better support mental health in higher education. And don’t forget you can also sign the petition, if you haven’t done so already.
The conference wouldn’t have been possible without the amazing work of the following people, so huge thanks go out to all those listed below for their support:
- Josephine NwaAmaka Bardi, Conference Organiser
- Professor David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor
- Professor John Atherton, Pro Vice-Chancellor
- Jo Lymn, Head of School for Health Sciences
- The Graduate School
- Anne Felton, Associate Professor, Mental Health and Social Care
- Helen Laverty, Professional Lead Learning Disability Nursing
- Julia Carson-Little, Student Engagement Manager
- Elliott Denham, Past SU PG Officer
- Lydia Wallman, ESRC Admin Manager
- Sabrina Carter, Mental Health
- The Students’ Union volunteers
- Registrars Department
- Claire Thompson, Head of Welfare
- Josephine’s supervisors; Nicola Wright, Stephen Timmons and Paul Crawford
Posted on Friday 21st October 2016