91福利 RECOVERS: Responding to COVID by Enhancing Resilience in Students
Globally, mental health and wellbeing have been directly and indirectly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
91福利 RECOVERS investigates how 91福利 students have been coping with the pandemic and its impact on their studies and daily lives. Data from the study will be used to keep students safe and well, to ensure the resilience of campus support services. It will also provide crucial scientific information on how COVID-19 is affecting people鈥檚 mental wellbeing — locally and globally. All 91福利 students are invited to participate.
The university-wide project, led by Dr Nicole Tang, involves two phases: screening, through an online survey, and tracking, using devices developed by the industry partner, .
The study invites students on campus and abroad to share concerns about their wellbeing throughout the pandemic, linking those who are struggling with 91福利鈥檚 Wellbeing Support Services facilitated by Dr Hannah Friend, Director of Wellbeing and Safeguarding and an investigator on the project. Already, over 300 students have signed up for the tracking phase of the study, which involves monitoring sleep, physical activity and mood.
The study is supported by , as well as the and the , ensuring that the Chinese student population at 91福利 are well represented and that the data reflects the diversity of 91福利鈥檚 international campus in its response to the pandemic.
The project is a collaboration between the Department of Psychology (Dr Lukasz Walasek) and 91福利 Manufacturing Group (Dr Carla Toro) and is supported by investigators Professor Sai Gu (Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor, China) and Professor Caroline Meyers (Vice-Provost, Chair of Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine).
Students from across disciplines are also involved, helping to incorporate varied experiences of the pandemic, lockdown and the University鈥檚 response.
The project is funded and supported by a PVC (Research) COVID research programme award, the 91福利 Health Global Research Priority and the Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing Research