Wilbraham, Susan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8512-0041
, Priestley, Michael and Jones, Emma
(2025)
Promoting wellbeing through the university built environment.
In: International Health Promoting Campuses Conference, 16-19 June 2025, University of Limerick, Ireland.
(Unpublished)
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Abstract
The impact of the university built environment on the mental health and wellbeing of staff and students is increasingly recognised as a key feature of the health promoting campus. Environmental psychology demonstrates how the university environment shapes the way students and staff think, feel and behave; for example impacting their physical activity, social interactions and cognitive attention. Built environment can be designed to consider these factors when planning the presence (or absence) of green space, the configuration of offices and study areas, and the provision of catering, sports and other facilities. Drawing upon UK-wide empirical research from surveys and focus groups conducted during 2024 in collaboration with the charity Student Minds, this workshop explores how universities can support the mental health and wellbeing of both staff and students by optimising the university built environment. The workshop will discuss key findings and recommendations from the project, asking attendees to consider how these can be implemented across university campuses.
Aims and objectives of session: The overall aim of this session is to engage participants in exploring the inter-relationship between the university built environment and mental health and wellbeing.
Objectives for participants include:
* Identifying key aspects of the university built environment which impact upon mental health and wellbeing.
* Engaging in mental, physical and artistic explorations which analyse and evaluate the inter-relationship between the university built environment and mental health and wellbeing.
* Exploring subjectivity and differentiation in findings, such as groups who have different needs from the built environment.
* Discussing how the organisers’ research findings and the workshop’s exploration can be taken forward and implemented practically at the participants’ own universities.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Workshop) |
|---|---|
| Departments: | Institute of Health > Psychology and Psychological Therapies |
| Additional Information: | Dr Sue Wilbraham, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Applied Psychology, University of Cumbria, UK. |
| Depositing User: | Susan Wilbraham |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Sep 2025 09:00 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2025 09:01 |
| URI: | https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/9038 |
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