Session Outline

Compassion is one of those things that we instinctively recognise but may find hard to define, and even more challenging to apply in higher education. In this session, Jenny Shaw draws on two recent publications from the Higher Education Mental Health Implementation Taskforce (HEMHIT), together with student research and good practice examples from the UK and beyond, to discuss compassion towards students and how this can be applied in a practical way. The presentation will explore both individual approaches to practical compassion, and what it means to be a compassionate organisation.