How academics can help ensure students’ wellbeing

Dr Nadine Muller helps the Guardian answer the question of how academic staff can play a central role in identifying struggling students and encouraging them to access support. The article is available here

Her accompanying blog post which expands on this is Supporting Student Wellbeing in Higher Education: Reasons, Problems, & Strategies 

Dr Nadine Muller, Lecturer in English Literature and Cultural History, has a particular interest in postgraduate and early-career development, including the training needs of doctoral students and early-career researchers and the creation of new spaces and methods to meet those needs. She is the creator of The New Academic, an extensive project that collates advice and experiences for PGRs and ECRs about the increasingly demanding and complex challenges of academia as well as presenting a diverse picture of postgraduates’ experiences. She is also a member of the AHRC’s Research Careers and Training Network, and has contributed to the AHRC’s Top Tips for Applicants for the Collaborative Skills Development Grants scheme. With Dr Sian Lincoln and Dr Lucinda Thompson, Nadine co-ordinates the postgraduate research network at the School of Humanities & Social Science.

Nadine's research specialisms lie in the areas of literary and cultural histories of women, gender and feminism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day; contemporary women’s writing; and neo-Victorianism. You can find out more about her academic activities on her website, www.nadinemuller.org.uk where you can also access her full CV.