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Co-production

PsychUP for Wellbeing holds student voices at the heart of its work to improve student wellbeing, particularly in collaborating with student advisory board members to promote their strategic input.

The student members of our advisory board are central to our co-production strategy. They provide programme-level strategic input into our wider co-production strategies, as well as input into each of our workstreams.

What has co-production meant for PsychUP? 

We are a young programme. From our inception we have empowered student voices across the university community to inform all aspects of the programme. This has meant directly involving over 100 UCL students in conducting and evaluating research and contributing to the design, implementation and monitoring of new wellbeing support options.

How can co-production be improved?

This project-level student engagement and consultation is valuable, but true co-production means involving students at the level of strategic decision-making. This is why we have recruited student members to our Advisory Board to collaborate with professional board members to develop PsychUP for Wellbeing's overarching co-production strategy. We will be sharing this strategy later this year.

How are students guiding strategy?

Connecting student voices with high level strategy builds co-production into all levels of the vehicle. Student board members are being supported to take a leading role in promoting wider student input into all areas of PsychUP for Wellbeing's work - divided into three main workstreams: prevention & community; research and evidence and services & pathways.

How are more students reached?

Strategic co-production seeks to widen student consultation, participation and collaboration across the university in a range of formats:

  • Consultation - one-off meetings for students to provide individual perspectives on particular topics.
  • Involvement - opportunities for individual students to take active roles, such as in a student voice forum.
  • Participation - decisions by students to provide ongoing input through a student advisory board. 
  • Co-production - joint decision-making between students and institution staff in co-designing strategy development. 

The Student Advisory Board and wider consultations aim to amplify the audibility and impact of unheard student voices. Together, they form a model of concentric circles, each contributing to building a clearer picture of student mental health needs and experiences at UCL.

An image of three circles within each other; the inner circle reads 'SAB sub-groups', the next circle reads 'special interest groups' and the outer circle reads 'wider consultation'

Opportunities to get involved

If you are a student and interested in taking an active role in the PsychUP for Wellbeing programme, below are current paid opportunities with us.

Student Advisory Board members x 10

Level: UCL Grade 5 equivalent (£14.52 per hour)

Eligibility criteria: any student currently enrolled at a university in England or Wales, with at least 12 months remaining before course completion.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the PsychUP for Wellbeing Advisory Board as a student member. We are looking to recruit up to 10 students from universities across England and Wales to influence the development and delivery of our student mental health programme. You will join our existing Student members in providing strategic oversight to the programme as well as advising on and getting involved in specific projects, such as development of a communications campaign about student mental health and our peer support accelerator.

Further details, including the job description and person specification, are available here:

 

 

 

How to apply

Applications should be made my completing the form below and email to psychup@ucl.ac.uk. Please note that your application should be sent from your university email address.

 

Deadline for applications is 09:00 on Monday 20th June

For any questions regarding the programme or role, or if you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please contact Rosie Ellis, PsychUP for Wellbeing Programme Manger, on rosemary.ellis@ucl.ac.uk.

Peer Support Development Leads x 3

Level: UCL Grade 4 equivalent (£12.38-£13.21 per hour)

Eligibility criteria: current students at UCL who will remain so for the academic year 2022/23.

We are looking to recruit three creative and entrepreneurial students with a passion for mental health and wellbeing to join the TRANSACT project team as Peer Support Development Leads. Translating Insights into Action (TRANSACT) is an exciting new project which will develop a peer support 'accelerator' framework and training programme that empowers students to create and run their own peer support initiatives. You will work with the project team to further develop our peer support training package, input into the design of a framework that supports students to set up peer support and contribute to the pilot of a number of peer support initiatives focused on particular groups of UCL students.

Further details, including the job description and person specification, are available here: 

 

How to apply

Applications should be made by sending your CV along with a covering letter that addresses the following two questions:

  1. What attracted you to applying for this role?
  2. What do you think you will bring to the role of Peer Support Development Lead? Please ensure you address how you meet the knowledge, skills and attributes set out under 'What we are looking for' above.

Applications should be submitted to psychup@ucl.ac.uk.

Deadline for applications is 09:00 on Monday 20th June

For any questions regarding the role, or if you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please contact Rosie Ellis, PsychUP for Wellbeing Programme Manger, on rosemary.ellis@ucl.ac.uk.