An academic from Electronics and Computer Science has come up with her own response to life under lockdown with a new designed to answer staff and student questions about wellbeing.
says:
鈥淲henever we change anything – stress happens. We鈥檝e all been experiencing multiple changes to say the least – even if we are experienced with working at home, few of us will have done that with a pandemic, a national lockdown and with a change in business practices and ambiguity around so many life and work issues.
鈥淐ombine that with the fact that few of us have the knowledge, skills and practice specifically about wellbeing or resilience, so聽there鈥檚 a need to help folks rapidly access options that don鈥檛 add to stress.鈥�
The Teams site, 鈥榳e鈥檙e working out – while working from home鈥�, already has 91 members. The main focus are the twice weekly video presentations: 鈥楾en at Two鈥� on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The idea is to have ten minutes to go over a topic of interest to the team and use that to help dig deeper. So far Professor schraefel has covered: 鈥榃hat is being hangry?鈥�; 鈥榃hat is food for?鈥� and 鈥橦ow water, the gut and the brain connect for wellbeing鈥�. Visit this on Teams, if you have a topic you want covered.
Professor schraefel, a certified strength and conditioning coach, nutritionist and functional neurologist, runs many of the sessions herself but if there鈥檚 a question outside her domain, she says she will try and find an appropriate expert response.
As m.c explains, the initiative will feed into her University research:
鈥淎 key question in my work is how does interactive technology need to be designed to support health and wellbeing – in particular – how do we design technology to empower us to be able to take care of ourselves.
鈥淚n other words, my work wants to help everyone to be able to answer the questions: (1) how do you feel? and (2) what can you do to help yourself feel better?鈥�
You can find out more about m.c.鈥檚 research .
m.c. invites everyone to join the 鈥樷�櫬燭eams site and share their health and wellbeing questions and experiences.
Health and Wellbeing has provided a for staff including team resilience, guidance for vulnerable adults, setting up your home workstation and maintaining positive wellbeing whilst working from home.
