Youth, Well-Being and Covid-19 Pandemics – Lessons for the Future from the EUniWell Policy Commission
We invite teachers and students of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv to the open lecture “Youth, Well-Being and Covid-19 Pandemics – Lessons for the Future from the EUniWell Policy Commission” taking place on October 17, 2023, at 16:00 (CET) / 17:00 (Kyiv), one form the series of open lectures by the EUniWell Alliance.
On the lecture:
This lecture will summarize the results of the first meeting by the EUniWell Policy Commission, led by the University of Birmingham on behalf of the EUniWell Alliance. The Commission worked from June 2020 to February 2023 and investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth (15-24 years) across the Europe. The final report is based on the results of academic research, institutional practices and communication with young people from the EUniWell partner universities.
The lecture highlights purposes of the Policy Commission and key findings of the evidence review on the uneven impact of the pandemic on education, employment and mental health of different groups of young people. The implications of these findings will be examined in a post-pandemic context of uncertainty across the Europe, and the Policy Commission’s report will highlight policy lessons that will also address the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 crisis on youth well-being.
On lecturers:
Professor Robin Miller is an internationally renowned scholar in the fields of integration, leadership and community approaches in health and social care. He is a principal co-editor of the Journal of Integrated Care and a senior fellow at the School of Social Care Research. Robin is the Director for Global Engagement at the College of Social Sciences, University of Birmingham, and Head for the EUniWell Society & Education Work Package.
Dr Paul Vallance is the EUniWell research fellow working at the City and Regional Economic and Development Institute (City-REDI) at the University of Birmingham. He is a policy researcher with an interdisciplinary background in the social sciences having experience in the field of local and regional development. Besides working in the Policy Commission, he is leading efforts on developing a methodological framework that can be used to analyse the current and future impact of various activities by the EUniWell on well-being in partner universities and regions.
Liam Walsh is the Director for Student Affairs at the EUniWell. He is the Head of the EUniWell European Student Council and works with university rectors and vice-rectors across the Europe to improve the well-being of all people studying and working in universities. Liam graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2023 with a degree in Geography and was the Head of the EUniWell local branch.
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