How do we improve student well-being and mental health in Higher Education?

There is a symbiotic relationship between learning and student well-being. By improving the one, you can enhance the other - and vice versa. How can we approach this in Higher Education? We often focus on preventing a harmful student environment and general student well-being becomes a happy unintended outcome. Can we turn this around and make student well-being the intended outcome of a healthy and supportive study environment?

In this webinar, you will attend a Drawing Room Conversation between two distinguished international experts and a small group of key stakeholders from Danish Higher Education.

Ole Fogh Kirkeby, Philosopher and Professor Emeritus at Copenhagen Business School, will talk (in Danish) on aspects of Protreptics and personal development. Richard Miller, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and former President of Olin College, MA, USA, will talk (in English) about how institutions can raise the bar and start focusing on the identity, agency and purpose for students.

In discussion with key stakeholders from Danish Higher Education: Chairperson Julie Lindmann (Danske Studerendes Fællesråd), Prorector Berit Eika (Aarhus Universitet), Rector Anne Storm Rasmussen (Erhversvakademi Aarhus), Rector Henrik Wegener (Københavns Universitet) and Rector Stefan Hermann (Københavns Professionshøjskole).

An open plenary discussion with all participants ends the webinar.

The event is part of the project "Designing a Happier Student Life for Better Learning" and is organized by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science in collaboration with Innovation Centre Denmark in Boston and Silicon Valley.