We wanted to contribute towards mapping student and staff members’ mental health and belonging across our institutions and then use that knowledge to prepare, conduct and evaluate initiatives that markedly impact inclusiveness, wellbeing and belonging of students and staff.
We applied for this project to support our students and colleagues at our institutions whose lives were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and we saw their mental health deteriorated significantly. We also saw that our institutions were not as inclusive as we wished them to be.