#BeeWell

🚨 New #BeeWell Blog 🚨 This winter, we're spotlighting on on #AntiBullying. Discover how schools can develop effective prevention strategies, learn from #BeeWell participating schools' experiences, and explore insights on bullying's impact: https://ow.ly/ytAk50UoejZ

We are so thrilled with this news!! Thank you so much to British Educational Research Association (BERA) for the recognition of our work! #BeeWell’s Academic Lead, Professor Neil Humphrey said: “We are thrilled to be recognised by BERA with their 2024 Public Engagement and Impact Award! Our aim at #BeeWell is to make young people’s wellbeing everybody’s business, so to have our efforts in making research both useful and meaningful for young people, schools and local partners is an honour. It’s a huge joint effort to drive positive change, and I’d like to thank the team and everyone involved in the programme for making #BeeWell a success.” Read our news piece celebrating the achievement! https://lnkd.in/e9Kxj2G6 #ResearchAwards #EducationAwards #WellbeingMeasurement

🌟 We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2024 BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award is the initiative, #BeeWell: Making Young People’s Wellbeing Everybody’s Business, led by the University of Manchester. School of Environment, Education and Development at The University of Manchester Congratulations!👏 https://lnkd.in/dCR2XH_F

We are thrilled to have won a BERA award for Public Engagement and Impact!! We are absolutely delighted and very grateful to have been recognised by the British Educational Research Association (BERA) with this award! BERA is the leading authority on educational research in the UK, supporting and representing the community of scholars, practitioners and everyone engaged in and with educational research both nationally and internationally. BERA said of #BeeWell: “This exceptional project exemplifies the transformative power of research and public engagement in addressing the wellbeing of young people... Please join us in congratulating the #BeeWell team for their outstanding contribution to the field of educational research and public engagement. Their work not only enhances our understanding of young people’s wellbeing but also inspires a collective effort to create a brighter future for the next generation." Read the announcement here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dCR2XH_F

"Without wellbeing, we're not going to get academic success" Wellbeing is an essential foundation needed for a young person to achieve academically. John Rowlands, Executive Principal of Greater Manchester Academies Trust and Sue Watmough, Headteacher of Manchester Communication Academy, sat down with #BeeWell Chair and Co-Founder David Gregson to reflect on the value of #BeeWell for schools, and the importance of wellbeing in education. John and Sue reflected that when a young person’s basic needs are not being met, we can’t expect them to come to school and deliver academically. #BeeWell data can help schools to identify opportunities for boosting wellbeing, and evidence the impact of their initiatives, as well as supporting wider improvements across society. Listen to the conversation here: https://ow.ly/8KmP50Uicoo #Education #WellbeinginSchools #SchoolBelonging #ChildrensWellbeingBill

Youth steering group members represent #BeeWell at the Fair Education Alliance Youth Summit in London! This October, four young people from our youth steering groups travelled from Greater Manchester and Hampshire to attend the FEA Youth Summit in London - joining 165 other young people to talk about making education more inclusive. The youth summit is a conference designed by and for young people who have faced barriers to education. One of our youth steering group members said: “Attending the Youth Summit 2024 was an incredible experience. The highlight for me was meeting new people. Everyone was not only friendly but also committed to the organisations they were representing.” Read more reflections from the day here: https://lnkd.in/drYg3jS6 #education #inclusiveeducation #youthleadership

Funded PhD opportunity! Supported by The University of Manchester's prestigious Bicentenary Studentships, we are pleasedto be advertising for a four year funded PhD to help generate important new insights into ethnic inequalities in adolescent mental health and wellbeing (MHWB). The successful candidate will carry out interdisciplinary, mixed-methods work consisting of secondary analysis and new data generation to address the following research questions: RQ1: What are the nature and magnitude of ethnic inequalities in MHWB among young people and do they change over time and during adolescence? RQ2: To what extent are experiences of discrimination (including but not limited to racial discrimination) underlying reasons for these inequalities? RQ3: What are ethnic minority young people’s understandings of their MHWB, including why poor MHWB might occur, and how is this related to their experiences of seeking support? The student will make use of existing high-quality survey datasets (e.g., #BeeWell, Evidence for Equality National Survey, Millennium Cohort Study, Understanding Society) as well collecting qualitative data in order to meet the overall aims of the project. Please read more about the opportunity here: https://lnkd.in/dVwux7_s #PhD #Recruiting #AdolescentWellbeing #TheUniversityofManchester #Inequality

We are so excited to share that more than 55,000 young people from over 220 schools have taken part in the #BeeWell survey this year! Thank you again to all of the young people and schools in Greater Manchester, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth & Southampton who have taken part this year. We can't wait to explore the survey data with you in 2025!🤩

Young people performed their hard-hitting play ‘The Wall’ in Southampton on Saturday 🎭 This weekend a VIP audience of local youth groups and community organisations were treated to a special scratch night performance of ‘The Wall’. Young people used #BeeWell data and drew on their own experiences to create the characters and plot for 'The Wall' to help communicate about important issues impacting young people’s wellbeing. This hard-hitting youth-led play was facilitated by Light Up Shirley Ensemble. Southampton’s Councillor Winning said: “They bravely address the struggles our young people are facing today after a sudden and tragic event at their school. Powerful, poignant and beautifully presented!”

We want to say a huge THANK YOU to all of the young people that have taken part in the #BeeWell survey this year, and to the fantastic schools who put in their time to deliver the survey and ensure we're hearing from as many young people as possible! Watch this space for more news on how many young people we've heard from in Greater Manchester, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth & Southampton this year.👀