"What Works in Responding to School Non-attendance: Examples from two Scottish local authorities"

151 delegates registered for Webinar 11, including schools from Northern Ireland who were keen to join Scottish colleagues to hear more about this important topic. Many thanks to Alison White (GCC) and Chris Atherton (East Ren) for their excellent presentations and taking the time to share their expertise and experience in this area. The recording of the presentations and the slides are now available on the SHINE website and by clicking on the green button to the right. 

Update on the AMBIENT Teens study

To celebrate World Sleep Day on 15th March, the AMBIENT Teens study team wrote this interesting blog to share some of the research taking place at Edinburgh University to explore the links between sleep and mental health and wellbeing. To read the blog, click on the link below:

Invitation to join the National Evaluation of the Equally Safe at School (ESAS) programme in secondary schools. 

Many Scottish schools are dealing with the fall-out from misogynistic influencers such as Andrew Tate, or are struggling with an increase in disclosures of sexual harassment. ESAS is designed to help schools build a positive culture in which staff and students work together on these issues. Designed by Rape Crisis it takes a whole school approach, strongly complements MVP, and is free to schools. ESAS  involves a self-assessment, staff training, a student-led action group and curriculum and policy review.

The national evaluation is being run by a research team at the University of Glasgow. Schools across Scotland have been joining up but there are still a few spaces left.  The benefit of being part of the national evaluation includes that the research team at University of Glasgow will collect the student self-assessment data on your behalf; they will support you in getting started and staying involved in ESAS and you'll be part of a larger cohort of schools undertaking ESAS. For more information click here.

Invitation to Workshop: Intergenerational connections to promote health and wellbeing

Are you interested in bringing different generations together to promote health and wellbeing? Come along to our agenda setting workshop at the University of Glasgow.  The day is a chance to meet with others interested in new ways of working. There will be talks from practitioners including Braehead Primary School and Crosslet Nursing Home, MCR pathways and the International Club at Wellington Church, as well as university researchers. There will be lots of opportunities for networking and discussion. The event is free.

Date and Time: Monday 29th April, 10am-4pm

Venue: One A The Square, University of Glasgow

We want to know what questions about mental health and the body clock are important to you.

You can take part in our survey to let us know your questions about mental health & the body clock.

Who, what, where & why of stress and loneliness in schools. Invitation to join SOCITS.

The SOCITS project (a Socially Situated Systems approach to adolescent mental health) aims to find out which places, interactions and social situations in school are associated with stress, loneliness, and poor mental health. This information can inform whole school approaches to mental health.

Using novel survey measures, SOCITS will ask questions such as: Which situations in school cause the most loneliness? Do certain groups of students find specific situations more or less stressful? Do peer groups amplify or reduce exam stress?

Participating schools invite all students from the same year group (e.g. all S1, S3 or S6) to fill in an online survey in a single period. Two follow up surveys will explore the causes of stress and loneliness in more detail as well as looking at changes in mental health.

SOCITS schools will receive individual reports, and the SOCITS team can facilitate staff-student workshops in your school to discuss study findings and inform health improvement plans.