Thought for the week ...

Thought for the week ...

Thought for the week ...

TABLEtalk - Teamwork

The theme of Teamwork is always a good one with students.  They are often required to do group projects, and I would like a £1 for every student that has come to me with their 'group dynamic' frustrations 😀  Would go nicely in my retirement fund 😂😂😂

In addition to discussing the characteristics and qualities of a healthy team, we had a physical tower building exercise.

I really didn't know if this tower would
stand alone, but stand alone it did.
Harsh Hrithik, Vaishnavi and Laiba
were our runners up, with a tower
that was 106cms tall.

DOH!!!  Sadly, Emeka, Nidhi, Ushma,
Victor & Daniel's tower was not as
secure as they had hoped 😕

Melinka, Himanshu, Aradhana & Sush
changed tactics partway through construction
and built a free standing tower at 166cms. Well Done!!

They were all super happy with their
prize of pasta, sauce and cookies each 😀

World Mental Health Day

October 10th each year marks World Mental Health Day.  At the Medway Campus this provides us with an opportunity to speak with students (and staff) about taking care of their own mental wellbeing.

In line with that, the last week has been filled with a variety of events for me.

On Tuesday, Oct 8th, I partnered with my colleague, Kim Diaper, from the University of Kent. We spent two hours in the Oasis Lounge engaging in conversation, providing information, and giving out lollies and bookmarks.  However, the star of the show was most definitely Tommy, the PAT (Pets as Therapy) dog, who thoroughly enjoyed all the attention.

Wednesday, Oct 9th saw me with the University of Greenwich Wellbeing Team running a cafe drop-in for three hours.  We offered colouring, inspirational bookmarks, wellbeing advice and freebies; plus all the usually cafe essentials, such as tea, coffee, hot chocolate and snacks.  In the region of 60 students visited us.

It's always good to partner with our well-being teams 😀😀

Although they don't happen so often, I always thoroughly enjoy doing a Chaplaincy Pop-Up for CCCU, in the Rowan Williams building.  This is where you would have found me yesterday (Oct 15th).

Thought for the week ...

TABLEtalk: Culture Shock!

We had a great mix of students and alumni at TABLEtalk last night, for our discussion on Culture Shock.  That mix included participants from India, Nigeria, China, Peru, Iran, Lithuania, Egypt, Jordan.  We spent quite a long time talking about the culture curve, with some open and honest comments about the nice stuff and the challenging / stressful stuff!

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