Student Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic - A Knowledge Exchange and Transfer Conference (Wednesday, 15th June 2022)

Attendance at this event is by invitation only. Invited participants will be sent the registration login and details.

See below for abstract submission.

City, University of London will hold a Knowledge Exchange and Transfer conference on Student Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic on Wednesday 15th June 2022 from 11am to 5pm. The event will take place at City, University of London with talks shared online following the event.

The event will bring together relevant stakeholders, including students, student union, student services, clinical practitioners, academics, and student mental health researchers to:
- Open conversations around student mental health and COVID-19
- Establish collaborations and working relationships across different entities at universities to mitigate the long-term effects of COVID-19 on student mental health
- Hear from students, whiat issues they have experienced as a consequence of the pandemic and what they would like to see with respect to support and culturally sensitive mental health provisions

Key speakers and panelists include: Shaima Dallali - City University Student Union President, Henry Jones - CEO of togetherall an online mental health and wellbeing community, the SMaRteN research network, Dr Jessica Jones-Nielsen - Assistant Vice President (EDI- Race Equality) and counselling psychologist, student panellists and research and poster presentations, showcasing the latest research on Student Mental Health and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Abstract submission

Calling all Student Mental Health Researchers
We invite you to submit research abstracts for this event. We would particularly like to hear from early career researchers and/or lived experience researchers, including Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral Students.

Applicants selected to give oral presentations will be offered a 15-minute slot to speak about their research in the afternoon session. Other applicants may be invited to present a research poster during the lunch time session.

Deadline: 5pm on Monday 30th of May 2022.

SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT

You will be asked to complete your details and then upload your abstract as a word document or pdf.

Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words and should include:
- Name of person submitting and additional authors
- Title of abstract (this can be subject to change)
- Background: (A brief description of the relevant background literature)
- Aims: (A brief statement of the aims of the study, including the predictions/questions being addressed) 
- Methods: (A brief description of the methods, including details of the participants, research design and procedures) 
- Results: (A brief summary of the main findings) 
- Conclusions: (A brief summary of the main conclusions and implications of the work).

This event is being run in collaboration with the SMaRteN network.