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UniVRse Project

@UniVRse_Project

The UniVRse project involves cutting-edge VR technology to deliver a CBT-based intervention aiming to improve the social confidence of first generation students

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Joined January 2022
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Thank you to @ResearchProfes @ResProfNews for featuring the @UniVRse_Project in the *8am Playbook. We are excited about the project and it means a lot to hear that others in #HigherEducation feel the same too 🌌🪐🚀🥽 #Student #university #mentalhealth #VR researchprofessional.com/0/r…
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Today we are delighted to be announcing our largest ever investment in new #MentalHealthResearch through our #MQFellows programme. 7 new projects that examine how serious mental illnesses and physical illnesses can combine to cause premature death. 👉 mqmentalhealth.org/mq-fellow…
Black text on a white background reads: "MQ is investing £2.2 million in brand new mental health research!" The £2.2 million figure is highlighted in yellow.

ALT Black text on a white background reads: "MQ is investing £2.2 million in brand new mental health research!" The £2.2 million figure is highlighted in yellow.

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It's time to register for our second seminar with @MaishaIslam_28 who will tell us about who partnership is really serving and share critical reflections on partnership for hyper-minoritised communities in HE! Join us on 09/03/2023 at 3 pm, register here: eventbrite.com/e/who-is-part…
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Come and do a #PhD with the @SMHPsussex team on supporting the #mentalhealth of #student #carers Lead supervision from @ClioNancyCherry from @BSMSMedSchool with me from @UniOfSurrey and Prof Jeremy Niven from @sussexuni Please #RT findaphd.com/phds/project/de…
Developing a co-designed brief, low-cost and scalable intervention for student carer mental health...

Developing a co-designed brief, low-cost and scalable intervention for student carer mental health...

PhD Project - Developing a co-designed brief, low-cost and scalable intervention for student carer mental health and wellbeing at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Absolutely phenomenal opportunity! Take a look and also share widely, to help support and encourage up and coming researchers! #StudentMentalHealth #HE #PhDChat
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📣CALLING ALL ECRS!📣 Are you an #EarlyCareerReseacher in 🇬🇧? Interested in #MentalHealthResearch? APPLY NOW for the GROW Researcher Development Programme: 🌱Multidisciplinary skills workshops 🌱1:1 career development coaching 🌱Collaborative peer network mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/…
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Applications for #PhD at @SurreyPsych @UniOfSurrey with me and @HannahFrith7 are OPEN! Project: understanding how ppl with a #BPD diagnosis experience #sex and #relationships #RT #AcademicTwitter #PhDchat #PhDlife #AcademicChatter surrey.ac.uk/fees-and-fundin…
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The @UniVRse_Project #RCT is now registered with @NIH #clinical #trials register! Looking forward to finally launching this trial investigating #VR #CBT for #firstgen #students with social #anxiety clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/…
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Open my #email to find a paper has been accepted and we were awarded a small #grant to support the @UniVRse_Project... pretty good #Monday morning #AcademicTwitter
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Patrick McGorry@PatMcGorry31 Oct 2022
Mental health support must extend beyond parents smh.com.au/national/nsw/ment… 100% correct. There has been a 50% rise in mental ill health in young people over the past 15 years. It is a public health crisis. @headspace_aus is effective but access is blocked now and there's no backup
Mental health support must extend beyond parents

Mental health support must extend beyond parents

A new program that equips parents with mental health skills might stop a young person from taking their own life. But what happens next?

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Interested in learning more about research? Registration in still open for our ‘Improving Healthcare Through Clinical Research’ four week online course! #FlClinical #NIHRlearn futurelearn.com/courses/clin…
National Institute for Health and Care Research. Free Online Course! Open now. "Improving healthcare through clinical research. Sign up now: www.futurelearn.com/courses/clinical-research

ALT National Institute for Health and Care Research. Free Online Course! Open now. "Improving healthcare through clinical research. Sign up now: www.futurelearn.com/courses/clinical-research

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Dr Imogen Bell@imo_bell17 Oct 2022
This scoping review has been helpful in thinking through reporting of engagement for Mello (app targeting repetitive negative thinking in youth depression/anxiety) which we are writing up findings for at the moment. jmir.org/2022/10/e39204/
Digital Mental Health Interventions for Depression: Scoping Review of User Engagement

Digital Mental Health Interventions for Depression: Scoping Review of User Engagement

Background: While many digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) have been found to be efficacious, patient engagement with DMHIs has increasingly emerged as a concern for implementation in...

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Natalie Wilde@justnatwilde17 Oct 2022
📢 Calling all undergraduate students interested in learning about mental wellbeing 📢 As part of my PhD research, I'm running a series of online mental wellbeing workshops during November. For more info and to sign up please visit forms.gle/Q83kRPZZ7ZCea87D8
Are you an Undergraduate student at a UK university? Would you like to learn more about help-seeking for your mental wellbeing? As a part of a PhD study, we are running a series of online interactive workshops for students, all based around help-seeking for our mental wellbeing. There are 3 workshops in total which will take place 5-6pm on: Tuesday 15th November Thursday 17th November Tuesday 22nd November They provide an opportunity to increase your mental wellbeing knowledge as well as helping us shape our future research. Each participant that completes all three workshops will receive a £30 Amazon voucher to thank them for their time! If you would like to sign up, please visit https://forms.gle/Q83kRPZZ7ZCea87D8 If you have any further questions, then please contact Natalie Wilde (19172979@brookes.ac.uk) This study has been reviewed by the Oxford Brookes University Research Ethics Committee (UREC Number 221610)

ALT Are you an Undergraduate student at a UK university? Would you like to learn more about help-seeking for your mental wellbeing? As a part of a PhD study, we are running a series of online interactive workshops for students, all based around help-seeking for our mental wellbeing. There are 3 workshops in total which will take place 5-6pm on: Tuesday 15th November Thursday 17th November Tuesday 22nd November They provide an opportunity to increase your mental wellbeing knowledge as well as helping us shape our future research. Each participant that completes all three workshops will receive a £30 Amazon voucher to thank them for their time! If you would like to sign up, please visit https://forms.gle/Q83kRPZZ7ZCea87D8 If you have any further questions, then please contact Natalie Wilde ([email protected]) This study has been reviewed by the Oxford Brookes University Research Ethics Committee (UREC Number 221610)

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A new multi-agency advisory service for AI and data-driven technologies in healthcare is being designed. Partners include @HRA_Latest @NICEComms @MHRAgovuk and @CareQualityComm Interested in getting involved? 👉 buff.ly/3e6l0oq
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Exciting delivery this morning for the @UniVRse_Project! …Now just to get them to work. Anyone managed to solve the issue with @MetaQuestVR set ups? #VR #VRChat #techsupport
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Virtual reality is being integrated across the healthcare sector for everything from patient distraction to surgical training. Read Adjunct Professor @dr_weisberg's comments on the subject in a recent piece from @HealthITNews: ow.ly/lZO450KUrqt
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$UVSS - We are proud and excited to support this Metaverse and NFT project to help save veterans lives. Read the Forbes article and Come to @web3expo and meet up with the @2B3DInc CEO, @2B3D_ROB Rob Bell. forbes.com/sites/zengernews/…
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Updates on next week's session! 💙We're proud @dionnet123 will represent SMaRteN and her funded research piloting a peer-led, culturally astute programme to improve Black student mental health. 🎦The event (and all others in the series) will be recorded. eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-your-…
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#Trial #protocol resubmitted to the ethics committee for the @UniVRse_Project - one step close to launching this project with #students at @UniWestminster Sign up to our mailing list to stay updated on how the project progresses: blog.westminster.ac.uk/univr…
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The University of Westminster is mourning the death of its Patron, Her Majesty The Queen, by remembering her impact on and encounters with the University and its communities during her reign. Read more here: bit.ly/3cWpzSh
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📣 Please share to young people involved in digital mental health research aged 16-25 yrs! 📣 All participants will be reimbursed with a £20 amazon voucher.
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