CALL FOR PAPER!!
APSSA Special Issue Publication
Student Mental Health and Wellbeing in Higher Education:
Perspectives from the Asia Pacific Region
Editorial Team:
Chief Editor: Dr Jonathan MUNRO, Head of Counselling and Wellbeing, Griffith University, Australia
Editors:
A/Prof LEE Kooi Cheng, National University of Singapore
A/Prof Vivian NG, National University of Singapore
A/Prof Maria Paquita BONNET, de la Salle University, Philippines
Dr Doria ABDULLAH, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Dr Leandro LOYOLA, de la Salle University, Philippines
Board of international reviewers:
Dr Christie White, University of Southern Queensland
Professor Tan Teck Koon, National University of Singapore
Dr K Puniamurthy, Malaysia, Past President APSSA
Dr Chris Hepperlin, Australia, Past President, APSSA
Context/Problematisation
International research suggests university students are experiencing psychological distress at higher levels than that of the general population. This in part due to academic and financial pressures, isolation, loneliness and poor self-care and that university years often coincide with the critical transitional period between the ages of 17 and 25 years when mental illness is most likely to switch on. Despite contention about the whether the core business of higher education delivery includes supporting student’s mental health and wellbeing, universities across Australia and Asia have been independently developing policies and programs to respond to mental health issues presenting on campus.
Call for Papers
We invite contributions in three categories: policy, practice, reflection.
Policy-based papers will address the issue of mental wellness at a macro level, namely from national and institutional perspectives. These papers may trace the evolution of mental wellness initiatives, programmes, or strategies in relation to local political and/or social landscape. They may also provide a conceptual understanding of how these innovations and/or set the tone for new directions. Main sources of evidence could be policy papers, white papers, and official documents. [Length: Max of 3,000 words, excluding references and appendices]
Practice-based papers will focus on implementation of national or institutional directions at a meso or micro level in a student service practice context at higher education. Papers at the meso level will provide a description of programme(s) and initiative(s) implemented for a particular community. It should also include outcomes of a systematic inquiry on the impact or effectiveness of such innovation(s). These papers could be reports of small research studies which are grounded in relevant theoretical underpinnings, and a robust research design. [Length: Max of 3,000 words, excluding references and appendices]
Reflection-based papers are practitioners’ critical reflection on their practice. They are concise and should focus on one or two issues. They could be positioned as exemplars of best practices, or reflective pieces on innovations that worked well or did not work in response to student mental wellness. [Length: Less than 1,000 words, excluding references and appendices]
Requirements
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APSSA Webinar 2020
APSSA will be holding a webinar on October 30, 2020 (Friday), 11:00am (GMT+8) to provide a platform where responses and best practices of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the Asia-Pacific region may be shared. This activity aims to inform and educate the different student affairs and services practitioners in the region of the challenges, realities, and the opportunities brought about by the situation as the need to look after the students’ welfare and development still emerged to be very important in the new normal.
Webinar Theme: Student Affairs and Services in the New Normal: Challenges, Realities, and Opportunities
The webinar session will focus on the presentation of the different initiatives and best practices of the HEIs in the Asia-Pacific region to continuously deliver the programs and services under student affairs and services. It will highlight the efforts of the HEIs from the following cities -- Australia, China, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore- and Thailand.
SIGN UP NOW: bit.ly/APSSA2020
Program
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Person-in-charge |
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11:00am |
Entry to the Webinar Platform |
Meeting Room host |
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11:10am |
Webinar Guidelines |
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11:15am |
Overview and Welcome Address by President of APSSA (2018-2020) |
Ms Angela Pok |
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11:30am |
Panelists (Student Affairs Professional or Student):
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The Live session |
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12:30pm |
Final Remarks – to share on 17th APSSA International Conference 2021 & Closing |
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Short break (5 mins) |
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12:45pm |
APSSA Annual General Meeting |
Only for APSSA members |
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1:30pm |
End |
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Panelists are from:
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Country |
Name |
Position |
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Australia |
Dr. Christie White |
President, Australia and New Zealand Student Services Association (ANZSSA) |
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China |
Wu HaiFeng |
Director of Student Affairs, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China |
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Hong Kong |
Mrs. Jaime CHAU |
Chairperson, Hong Kong Student Services Association (HKSSA) |
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Japan |
Assoc Prof. Dr. Michiko Izumitani |
Deputy Director of Office of Career Development Program for International Students Institute Ehime University |
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Malaysia |
Prof. Dr. Azizan Abdullah |
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Student Affairs, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), |
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Philippines |
Dr. Aldrin Darilag |
Commissioner, Commission on Higher Education, Republic of the Philippines |
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Singapore |
Richard WANG Kai |
President, 41st Executive Committee National University of Singapore Students' Union (NUSSU), Singapore |
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Thailand |
Ms. Aphisara Saeli |
Faculty, Political Science and Public Administration, Chiang Mai University, Thailand |
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APSSA ISA programme jointly organised by National University of Singapore,Nanyang Technological University
and Singapore Management University
ASIA PACIFIC STUDENT SERVICES ASSOCIATION ROUNDTABLE 2019: MENTAL WELLNESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
12 & 13 December in Singapore
Here are the relevant links:
1. Event landing page: https://nus.edu/2Hw6qnl
SHARING SESSION:
Title: "Student Wellbeing and Mental Health at Universities: Key Challenges and Best Practices"
Presenters: Dr Jonathan Munro, Prof. Kwok Kian Woon and Assoc Prof. Victor Yeo
Synopsis:
Universities are complex organisations, which can also be usefully considered as “eco-systems” — with the idea that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”. In the same vein, we speak of a university not just as an “institution” but also a “community”: its members (students, faculty, and administrators) are socially related to each other, and are pursuing not just individual but common goals. Put simply, learning lies at the heart of the mission of the university: learning within and beyond the formal curriculum. From this perspective, student health (including mental health) or wellbeing is not only a precondition for, or enabler of, learning. It is itself an integral part of self and group learning throughout the university years and beyond.
Our presentation hinges on a few basic propositions including the following:
In this respect, we will also present NTU’s “campus community approach to student wellbeing”. We hope that our presentation will serve as a springboard for conference participants to share their experiences so that we learn from each other’s best practices.
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Dr. Jonathan Munro |
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Professor Kwok Kian-Woon Associate Provost (Student Life), Nanyang Technological University |
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Associate Professor Victor Yeo Deputy Associate Provost (Student Life), Nanyang Technological University |
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Call for applications:
China Trainee Program at German Institutes of Higher Education – German-Chinese Cooperation for Student Affairs 2014/2015
Chinese students still amount to the largest group of foreign students in Germany – the China Trainee Program, an award-winning cooperation program of Robert Bosch Foundation and the German National Association for Student Affairs, especially serves to support a sustainable preparation and integration of Chinese students in Germany in order to improve their success of studies. Since four years, the China Trainee Program is located in the higher education field to foster the transfer of know-how between China and Germany.
The program targets young executives from Chinese universities with first work experience in Student Affairs and very good German language skills, who
are interested in realizing specific projects developed for German-Chinese cultural exchange.
Please find more information in the attached info-flyer and at our website:
The closing date for applications will be 28th of February, 2014.
Contact and application:
Vera Yu 喻斐云
China-Traineeprogramm
Deutsches Studentenwerk e.V. (DSW)
Monbijouplatz 11
D - 10178 Berlin
Telephone +49 (0)30/29 77 27-76
Telefax +49 (0)30/29 77 27-99
Skype: china-traineeprogramm
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启事: 德国高校的中国训练计划—德中大学生服务合作2014/2015
中国学生一直是在德国留学的外国学生中最大的一个团体—“中国训练计划”正是为了帮助中国留学生更好地融入德国社会，顺利完成学业而设立。“中国训练计划”是一个罗伯特博世基金会与德国大学生服务中心联合会共同发起的获奖的合作项目，已经在大学处成功运作了四年，促进高校教育和社会的联系。该项目主要面向中国高校的青年工作者，申请者应该具有大学生服务的初步工作经验和优良的德语语言能力。学员们可开发自己的为中德文化交流的项目。
具体的申请信息请见我们的网站：www.china-traineeprogramm.de。
„中国训练计划”的申请截止日期是2014年2月28日。
联系人：
Vera Yu 喻斐云
中国训练计划
Deutsches Studentenwerk e.V. (DSW)
Monbijouplatz 11
D - 10178 Berlin
Telephone +49 (0)30/29 77 27-76
Telefax +49 (0)30/29 77 27-99
Skype: china-traineeprogramm
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Ausschreibung:
China-Traineeprogramm an deutschen Hochschulen – Deutsch-Chinesische Kooperation für Student Affairs 2014/2015
Die Studierenden aus China bilden nach wie vor die größte Gruppe internationaler Studierender in Deutschland – eine Herausforderung im Studienalltag,
bei der sich das China-Traineeprogramm für eine nachhaltige Verbesserung von Integration und Studienerfolg der chinesischen Studierenden einsetzt. Das
China-Traineeprogramm, ein preisgekröntes Kooperationsprojekt von Robert Bosch Stiftung und Deutsches Studentenwerk, läuft seit vier Jahren erfolgreich
an Studentenwerken und Hochschulen und fördert den Wissenstransfer zwischen China und Deutschland im Bereich Hochschule und Bildung.
Das China-Traineeprogramm richtet sich an Nachwuchsführungskräfte chinesischer Universitäten mit ersten Berufserfahrungen aus dem Bereich Student Affairs
und sehr guten Deutschkenntnissen, die Interesse haben, Projekte zur Förderung des deutsch-chinesischen Austausches zu realisieren.
Weitere Informationen finden Sie im angehängten Flyer und auf unserer Website:
Der Bewerbungsschluss für das China-Traineeprogramm ist der 28. Februar 2014.
Kontakt und Bewerbung:
Vera Yu 喻斐云
China-Traineeprogramm
Deutsches Studentenwerk e.V. (DSW)
Monbijouplatz 11
D - 10178 Berlin
Telephone +49 (0)30/29 77 27-76
Telefax +49 (0)30/29 77 27-99
Skype: china-traineeprogramm
View flyer here:-