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It's great to see more projects launching on #AcademicMentalHealth
Over time we can look forward to learning from them and applying findings to our practices.
Today I'd like to look back on how we got to this point as many working and studying in unis don't know the history /1
Over time we can look forward to learning from them and applying findings to our practices.
Today I'd like to look back on how we got to this point as many working and studying in unis don't know the history /1
It's so important that #AcademicMentalHealth is being recognised more widely (in some spaces at least) but we need to acknowledge this hasn't come from nowhere and is rooted in a whole range of problems, prejudices and oppositions /2
Using my own work as an example, let's go back to the 90 and 00s when I was doing my PhD and postdoc on sensitive topics. I had no provision made for my own safety, or my participants. I kept asking for this. Minoritised scholars had written on this, but there wasn't much /3
Today's #ResearchTip is if you notice someone being bullied,harassed,sidelined,badmouthed or otherwise disadvantaged, be an active bystander! Not sure what that means? Find out in the thread #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #AcademicMentalHealth #gradschool #PhDChat #HigherEd /1
What does being an active bystander involve? It means noticing if someone is at risk (even if they are not aware of it themselves) and either checking they're okay, helping them move to safety, acting as a witness, or intervening to prevent a situation escalating or continuing /2
For example if you noticed a colleague was being harassed you could
- check they were okay
- suggest you go somewhere else
- position yourself in ways that puts a block between an abuser and their victim
- note what's happening
- acknowledge it is not okay
- avoid escalation /3
- check they were okay
- suggest you go somewhere else
- position yourself in ways that puts a block between an abuser and their victim
- note what's happening
- acknowledge it is not okay
- avoid escalation /3
As you may know I’ve a new book out 😊 so for today’s #FollowFriday I’m going to credit everyone on Twitter who helped, inspired or are a source of support listed in #BeingWellInAcademia
It’s going to be a marathon thread! Get ready and prepare to follow some amazing folk 🌟
It’s going to be a marathon thread! Get ready and prepare to follow some amazing folk 🌟
Let's go! Beginning with a #FollowFriday for @DrHelenKara and @ThomsonPat who are the series editors of the Insider Guides to Success in Academia routledge.com/Insider-Guides… of which #BeingWellInAcademia is a part
Who's in the acknowledgements of #BeingWellInAcademia? A lot of folk not on Twitter and @lindsay_odell @butlerceri who are here and who I've enjoyed working with for longer than I can remember 😊 #FollowFriday
