Caring on Campus is a collective for those within the Higher Education (HE) sector involved in university life, irrespective of whether they are located on or off campus.
Academia was designed as a sanctuary for deep inquiry, yet staff and students today often navigate a relentless culture of metrics and burnout. Generic, often commercialised, wellbeing packages and administrative sticking plasters cannot fix this.
Yet, what lies inherent in our nature is “The urge which is evident in all organic and human life—to expand, extend, become autonomous, develop, mature—the tendency to express and activate all the capacities of the organism, or the self.” — Carl R. Rogers.
QUALITY EDUCATION: WELLBEING, TUTELAGE & MENTORING
Caring on Campus is a pro bono initiative that helps get to that more complex secret third thing. We offer independent space, deep listening, and foundational principles to help you step off the treadmill. We don’t sell services; we help you cultivate your inner resources so you can support others without depleting yourself.
There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river.
We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.
Desmond Tutu
THE FABRIC OF A COLLECTIVE GOOD FUTURE
The UK Government urged the University Mental Health Charter (UMHC) Programme to be taken up by all HE institutions by Sept 2024. Due to falling far short of this, the target date has now been extended a further two years. Its aim is to achieve a whole-university approach to mental health and wellbeing, as a Principle of Good Practice. Furthermore, Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings now include Impact & Sustainability as an additional consideration, where for Quality Education, SDG #4, the UK participation is weakest.
It is mental wellbeing that ensures sustainability. From the inside-out, personal wellbeing sustains professional wellbeing, which in turns sustains good leadership, resourceful communities and sustainable world economies. More than anywhere else, the guiding principles to enable this can be made visible within Higher Education.
Irrespective of your involvement in university life – student, teacher, admin and support services, or governor – if you share our imperative for praxis towards transformation, then let us hear from you.
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