Health and Well-Being - One Day Conference
27th February 2008 at the University of Worcester
The University of Worcester has an established and longstanding track record in research and teaching which focuses upon Health and Well-Being. This naturally has its roots in the University’s Institute of Health and Society but many of the University’s departments provide courses to prepare individuals for working within this broad arena. There are many examples of subject-based research which centres upon health and well-being in a number of different departments.
In the Institute of Health and Society there is considerable breadth of research, for example from investigation into the psychological consequences of the summer 2007 Worcester floods through to the practice aspects of nursing, midwifery and social care. For example, Mary Nolan has recently been appointed Professor of Perinatal Education and her inaugural lecture will be at the end of the Research in Focus Day.
Elsewhere, in the University there are equally innovative developments in Health and Well-Being. In the Institute of Sport and Exercise Science, there are a range of Health and Well-Being-focused research projects and other activities, including work related to health and fitness in childhood and across the lifespan. In the Institute of Education, research is also being completed exploring the health and social consequences of inclusive education. There are also contributions from the Business School, in the form of the Centre for People at Work (CP @ W) who are exploring the relationship between various factors and health and well-being in the business sector.
This one day conference was a showcase for and celebration of this considerable range of research and scholarly activity centred upon health and well-being and was in harmony with the University’s Strategic Plan, 2007-2012. There were two themes throughout the day- in the morning the focus was on psychological well-being across a range of activities- from businesses to the local community. In the afternoon, children and health was the main focus and will culminate in the Professorial inaugural lecture of Mary Nolan.
For more information please contact John-Paul Wilson in the Graduate Research School.
e-mail: j.wilson@worc.ac.uk