Personal Wellbeing for Students

Student Wellbeing

By: Niyati Roy 

Student health and wellbeing is essential to the learning process. If a student is unable to maintain their physical, mental and social wellbeing their ability to make the most of their education may be compromised. Hence, universities and schools must support the student's social, emotional, spiritual and physical levels of wellbeing through health-orientated support systems and awareness interventions. 

Macquarie University offers a range of wellbeing services to assist students during their studies. These include counselling services, welfare services, disability services and advocacy services. Campus Wellbeing also provides short online programs like UniFIT and WellbeingWISE to assist students in university adjustment. 

UniFIT is a 10 session program that runs over 5 weeks. UniFIT combines exercise skills and education for psychological wellbeing. It involves educating students over essential aspects such as time management, sleep, healthy habits and mental health tracking to assist them in personal wellbeing maintenance. WellbeingWISE also offers such support on an online platform. It also allows students to remain in contact with a professional psychologist to discuss their progress throughout the program. 

References: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/wellbeing/counselling-services