Staff Health and Wellbeing Day

Meet the nursing team within the University, who are registered nurses within a variety of specialist backgrounds. They will be happy to record your blood pressure, showcase some of our resources, and chat about ways to support your resilience and health choices through the medium of Welsh or English.

25% off Foodhall voucher for those that attend.

Samples/ tasters of smoothies and ramen, information on healthy food options, value meals, promotion on gluten free range, allergens, menus.

Occupational Health provider with information on process and support available for staff.

• Call by for a free Mini health screenings (blood pressure, blood glucose levels, and BMI checks with information and advice)

These brief sessions will enable staff to have your blood pressure and blood glucose levels checked and their BMI (or waist to height ratio) to be calculated along with the opportunity to go through a brief list of health-related questions to help them better understand their current health and wellbeing status.

Information on courses available that are suitable for both personal and professional development, and off stall demonstration through out the day.

• Robyn Carlson will demonstrate off-stall making recycled purse 10-11am  with sewing machine.

Lifelong Learning courses are FREE for all Aberystwyth University staff - Find a course for you.

Stress and resilience | Register Here

Ian Archer, Skills Development Officer

This introductory session examines the idea that how you experience stress depends on your personality preferences. What stresses one person may well energise another – and workplace stress often stems from those with opposite personality preferences. Your stress reactions to your particular triggers are predictable and there are specific ways for you as an individual to deal with them and start to build resilience. 
 

Your own Health and long-term wellbeing | Register Here

Matt Higginson - Clinical Operations Manager (Insight Workplace Health)

A session for those members of staff who would like to find out more about how they can maintain and improve their own health in and out of work to ensure long-term wellbeing. This session will cover Healthy eating, Eating tips, Healthy weight and goals, Exercise and physical activity, Get enough sleep, Drugs and prescribed medication, Smoking and Mental health.

Mindfulness for Stress and Wellbeing | Register Here

Jenny Smith, Lifelong Learning Tutor: Psychology

This session will introduce what Meditation and Mindfulness are and how they relate to our experience of stress and health. We will explore the benefits of applying mindfulness to everyday situations through having both a formal practice and a tool kit of micro applications for moment to moment scenarios.

Lifelong Learning courses are FREE for all Aberystwyth University staff - Find a course for you.

Needle felting Workshop | Register Here (limited to first 12 registrants)

Charlie Kenobi, Lifelong Learning Tutor: Art and Design

Needle Felt all your stresses away while you create a mini Storm in a Teacup miniature world.  During this 1 hour session you will quickly learn the needle felting technique and have all materials provided to create your mini-world.  After building your core wool base, you’ll have to choose which land or seascape to felt using the many colours of pure sheep wool available. As we’ll be working into a small cup, there is less chance of accidentally stabbing yourself, but this still can happen, so please take great care when working as felting needles are sharp!  Plasters will also be available should this happen.

At the end of the session, you will be taking your miniature world away with you to either adore on your mantelpiece or use as a pin cushion. And should you fall in love with working with wool, why not enrol on Hooked on Wool with Charlie Kenobi where you’ll learn all the basics of Knitting, Crochet and Felting starting on the Wednesday 7th May 6-9pm Lord Millford Building Gogerddan Campus.

Lifelong Learning courses are FREE for all Aberystwyth University staff - Find a course for you.

Beyond the Desk: Wellbeing in our teams | Register Here

“7 slides in 7 minutes”  – hear four examples from colleagues across the University about how their local level initiatives and good practice support employee wellbeing, build friendships and connections and create fun and positive experiences for teams.

Following the “PechaKucha” format, designed to be fast-paced, concise, and sharp, similar to the speed-dating concept of quickly getting to the point.

• 14.10 – 14.20 University Charity Walk for staff
• 14.22 – 14.32 Information Services – team away days and end of year reflection events
• 14.35 – 14.45 Student Services – FIKA and ‘couch2 5k’
• 14.47 – 14.57 Human Resources – monthly world buffets and quizzes (tbc)