This group can potentially provide a space for students from different institutions, disciplines and parts of the world to meet and share ideas.  I have set it up initially, but suggest that it might develop as a student-run space.  Is anyone interested in developing this? Would you find it helpful? Any ideas about how it might be used?

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There was a conversation on Twitter recently about sharing social work dissertations on a platform. I feel , it would be great for students to share their hard work and to generate discussion about their passion!

Great idea Manisha.  What does anyone else think?  Anyone like to start the ball rolling. . . ?

I presume that this would only include dissertations that are linked to the overarching mental health topic? Would it be tailored to those students that are required to produce a critical literature review as well, as many universities don't actually ask BA students to produce a dissertation

Yes.  Would be great to share any outputs of that kind - doesn't have to be empirical research. What do you think Manisha?

Stumbled on this today and I think the basic point is in line with what you are suggesting Manisha: http://sambredl.com/why-academic-writing-should-be-more-social/?utm...

Hi Phillipa and Jill,

Yes, the dissertations seemed to link only to Mental Health, but I do feel that all academic work does have an aspect of mental health in it and if so, it would be great to share!

Thanks for the link Jill, the blog is apt in describing the 'What now?' question when completing your final year. I think this platform is diverse and need a method in which more students join!

Best Wishes,

Manisha

Any thoughts, Manisha, on what would help pull students in here?

I forgot to add to that...

I was thinking maybe the idea of discussing a case study. We could start on Twitter with the #mhcurr hashtag and introduce students to the hub.

What do you think?

I was thinking about using this as a trigger for discussion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1zhVBY8HHc  What would be great would be to get some student generated questions for other students to respond to. . .  Wouldn't have to be this video but I think a short video might be more engaging than a written case study.  Any thoughts?

This could also be a place to showcase other types of work done by students eg digital stories like this: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/apsocsci/prospective/undergrad/social_w... which could, in turn, be used as learning resources.

Am interested in these ideas around, not 'engaging' students but 'the student as producer', and their relevance to mhhe: http://journals.heacademy.ac.uk/doi/pdf/10.11120/elss.2012.04030003

See the short film here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaGRQmzVryU

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