This documentary explores people's experiences of living with longer-term depression, and how self-management approaches can empower individuals to take control of their mental well being. The film also gives a powerful insight into how service-user involvement has helped shaped a new approach.

View the documentary here.

Use the comments box below to share your thoughts on it, and its potential for use…

The Higher Education Academy is inviting bids from UK higher education institutions to host one or more doctoral studentships for the academic years 2014-15 to 2017-18.

The Mike Baker Doctoral Programme forms part of the HEA's strategy to undertake a significant and extensive study to develop pedagogical knowledge and evidence based practice in Higher Education.

Calls open today, 9 July 2013, and the closing date for submissions is 23 September 2013. Applicants will find out if…

'The increasingly transitory nature of what is lauded as current or accurate in new and developing fields, as well as the pace of change in Western culture more broadly, has made it difficult for society in general and education in particular to define what counts as knowledge. The existing educational model with its expert-centered pedagogical planning and publishing cycle is too static and prescribed to accommodate the kind of fluid, transitory conception of knowledge that is necessary to…

Jenny Shuttleworth is looking for recommendations for films that will stimulate debate about emotional wellbeing & diversity.  Any suggestions?

The value of the university cannot be reduced to a monetised figure. By drawing from human development discourse and the capabilities approach, Melanie Walker argues the university can be re-imagined in terms of its commitment to individual freedoms, social citizenship formation and social change. The university should have an active role, engaged in local and global spaces, to foster and support a just and sustainable society.…

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Departmental teams can apply for up to £30,000 to fund projects that encourage cooperation between colleagues while enhancing learning and teaching.

Successful bids will include scope for long-term impact with opportunities for evaluation and dissemination.

Applications should relate to one of the main HEA themes: assessment and feedback, education for sustainability, employability, flexible learning, internationalisation, online learning, retention and success, reward and…

The Joint Social Work Education conference is taking place this week and is a hive of ideas and activity:

http://www.jswec.net/conference/

You can follow it on twitter using hashtag: #JSWEC

Shaping our Age was a three year research and development project supported by the Big Lottery Research Programme and a unique partnership between Royal Voluntary Service, the Centre for Citizen Participation at Brunel…

See here for a summary of the responses received to the recent HCPC consultation.

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is holding a series of education seminars around the UK aimed at education providers running an HCPC approved programme. This year's seminars will cover two themes: Social work and approved mental health practitioner (AMHP) programmes, and Service user and carer involvement.

The seminars are free of charge and places must be booked in advance. It is anticipated that demand will be high so please book early in order to guarantee your…

Mental ill health accounts for some 15% of the disease burden in developed countries, yet spending on mental health research makes up just 5% of the total UK health research budget and psychiatry has been identified as a vulnerable clinical discipline.

In January 2012 the Academy formed a working group to develop a position paper on the training of academic psychiatrists in the UK.

The report aims to identify the challenges and barriers in recruiting and retaining trainees, and…

Presentations, talking heads and blog postings linked to the University of Leeds/HEA seminar series are now available on line here.

Blog posting by Dave Harper - introduces new book and linked resources for lecturers on Psychology, Mental Health and Distress.  See here.

Here is the account of last week's event - on learning and teaching about mental health in social work (thanks for the plug Julie!): …

We now have 56 members of the mhhehub from outside the UK: Australia (10), Africa (1), Argentina (2), Belgium (3), Canada (8), Czech Republic (1), Finland (1), Germany (4), Eire (4), Israel (3), Japan (1), NewZealand (3), Portugal (2), Sweden (3), USA (11). If you are one of these and have not already added yourself to the member map, please do, as this will enable others to find you.  Please do pass the word around.  We are conscious that much of the content on the hub is UK-focused.  If…

View the photos by scrolling down on the mhhehub homepage!

A pedagogy for uncertain times has itself to be uncertain.  It is open, it is daring, it is risky, it is, itself unpredictable. . .  A pedagogy for uncertainty will be ontologically disturbing and enthralling all at once.  It will be electric, as one move sparks another and in unpredictable ways. . . This pedagogy is a form of restrained anarchy; even a disciplined anarchy – with its spaces and its risks

Barnett, R. (2007) A Will to Learn: Being a Student in an Age of…

mhhehub chat: There will be a chat session on Tuesday 18 June at 18.00 - 19.00 British summer time (17:00 GMT) for anyone who is using their lived experience of mental distress in teaching and learning - or would like to.  Join us if you can.

NB To join, just log in to the hub at the allotted time and scroll down on the homepage to find the chatbox.  Any queries, do just get in touch. 

Based in the US, the Lived Experience Research Network (LERN) promotes service user/survivor leadership and inclusion in behavioral health and disabilities research, advanced clinical practice, and program evaluation to advance inclusion and social justice. LERN supports service user/survivor-identified students, researchers and evaluators, and is inclusive of those in academic, governmental, and community-based research/training settings. LERN advocates for…