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Professor of Empowering Education. Associate Dean Education @DMU, Leicester; PFHEA, NTF & CATE; OIA HEAP (member) & CANTF (Communications Officer).

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A5 I haven't seen this before, many thanks for sharing @drchrism.bsky.social, great concept #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 20:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wishing you all well in your endeavours.
Remember, 1 small thing can make a difference. And you're probably already doing a lot to support mental wellbeing - be sure to reflect, recognise and celebrate those things too! #LTHEchat (2/2)

08.10.2025 20:05 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How does the #LTHEchat hour go so quickly?
Wow, thank you everyone for engaging and sharing your thoughts, examples, images, and takeaway ideas.
(1/2)

08.10.2025 20:04 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A5 @theeddesigner.bsky.social great image, if it makes you smile then that'll be lifting your mood and supporting your mental wellbeing (and I'm always impressed when people can find gifs so quickly!) #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 20:00 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A5 authentic support and examples are so important, and loving the image (definitely a theme among responses with cats and dogs, and nature) #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A5 A great way to get through, finding that route in is so important @suebecks.bsky.social #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A5 Cats! Absolutely! @jacquithijm.bsky.social #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A5 @danceswithcloud.bsky.social you've reminded me of some work of colleagues, using collage to represent how you're feeling - they used it when setting assessments to ascertain how students felt in preparation for submissions, the images saying so much more than the words could #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A5 @kjhaxton.com love the use of photos if you can't get there yourself, and at this time of year it can feel a while until the next break or holiday, so a great idea to use an image instead #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A4 I agree @lydiaarnold.bsky.social, when I first set out exploring mental wellbeing 'boundary setting' was the thing that really struck me as important, and something I try to remind others of #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Plant, succulent; photographed from above demonstrating symmetry in nature

Plant, succulent; photographed from above demonstrating symmetry in nature

A5 For me, these kind of plants make me think about my wellbeing; a sense of calm and order, but they need looking after #LTHEchat
(Mental wellbeing examples are context specific so this may not resonate with you, hopefully you find an image that works for you)

08.10.2025 19:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A4 @kjhaxton.com really good points here, if you've got a good working relationship with your students' union/guild/association this can potentially be an area in which to get them involved, giving that authentic student voice to the examples #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A4 @dradamtate.bsky.social that packed curriculum thing is a challenge, sometimes it's about the small things where possible, e.g. adapting an example so it's exploring wellbeing, but it really does depend on the context. #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great to hear that your reflections focus on that really 'human' element, the caring and compassion that's coming through in other responses. #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A3 Acknowledging external factors (beyond the classroom and even beyond the university), such as clock changes, other things locally, can have a really big impact as it demonstrates that we notice it too and we are supporting our students/community through those changes as well #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A3 great range of ideas being shared tonight, thank you! Themes emerging around pacing of assessment/activity, opportunities to interact with others, acknowledging how things make us feel and signposting to support and guidance. #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:28 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A3 really like the way you phrased that @theeddesigner.bsky.social, 'normalising', so that acknowledging how things make us feel, and signposting to support and advice is something that's open to all #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

A1 @santanuvasant.bsky.social a really good point there, in discussions about student wellbeing it's often not long before we start considering staff wellbeing too - the too are often linked #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A2 Really interesting idea, it being noticed if absent - hadn't thought of it like that before, many thanks @martinrich106.bsky.social #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A2 Really good points @kjhaxton.com

08.10.2025 19:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A1 @jacquithijm.bsky.social that's a really interesting point about online engagement and knowing whether it's getting through appropriately, mind you, I've had times when I've wondered the same with in-person activities! #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A1 ‪@tavoer8.bsky.social‬ really considered response here, thank you - some really big topics in here for the sector (and perhaps society more generally) to be exploring #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A1 @charlottemarshall.bsky.social I wonder about that too, I've often heard that some people aren't keen to approach topics because they don't feel equipped, or perhaps ready themselves #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A1 @suebecks.bsky.social indeed, mental wellbeing support and enhancement can come in a huge variety of forms, and be very context specific - as educators we can often sense what's right in the moment #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A1 @martinrich106.bsky.social, great to hear that you think about transitions, change is such an important time and an opportunity to address mental wellbeing #LTHEchat

08.10.2025 19:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A1: @charlottemarshall.bsky.social that's been a recurring theme in my discussions to date, that it's seen as something that sits as a nice extra and is often 'left' to other teams to address

08.10.2025 19:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hello everyone, I'm Zoë and I'm joining from Leicester.

08.10.2025 19:00 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
LTHEChat 338 Embedding Mental Wellbeing Join us on Bluesky with guest Professor Zoë Allman @zoe-a-z.bsky.social on Wednesday 8th October 2025 at 20:00 BST Mental health and wellbeing are important topics that are increasingly discussed i…

It is just over an hour to go to get your typing fingers ready :) Read the blog lthechat.com/2025/10/03/l... and follow the hashtag #LTHEchat. It’s that easy!

08.10.2025 17:44 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Join the #LTHEchat team and I tomorrow evening, Wednesday, 8-9pm GMT/ BST, as we explore Embedding mental wellbeing.

Whatever your role and whether you've thought about it before or are new to the concept, we can all consider embedding mental wellbeing so please do join the conversation.

07.10.2025 10:19 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Join me, and the amazing @lthechat.bsky.social team, on Wednesday 8th October 2025 at 20:00 BST to explore 'Embedding Mental Wellbeing' #LTHEchat

More details at: lthechat.com/2025/10/03/l...

03.10.2025 13:08 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1