Thursday 2nd May 2024 10.00am -15.30pm at the Clarice Pears Building, School of Health and Wellbeing, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8TB We look forward to hosting the 2024 in-person conference at the School of Health and Wellbeing. An opportunity to network with health researchers and fellow educational practitioners to support the use of health and […]
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SHINE Webinar 11 19th March 2024 4-5pm
“What Works in Responding to School Non-attendance: Examples from two Scottish local authorities” Alison White (Senior Educational Psychologist EBSNA, Glasgow City Council) and Chris Atherton (Senior Educational Psychologist, East Renfrewshire Council) shared their knowledge and expertise in the 11th webinar in the SHINE series with 105 delegates from all over Scotland and Northern Ireland. Alison […]
Sharing research expertise with the wider school community
One of the central aims of SHINE is to equip the school community with the skills needed to take a data-driven approach to school improvement planning and to be able to access health and wellbeing research. Alongside this, SHINE aims to improve the data-infrastructure available to Scottish schools. With these aims in mind,SHINE has been […]
SHINE National Network Conference 2023
The SHINE team was delighted to host the 4th SHINE National Network Conference in person at the new Clarice Pears Building on Tues 16th May 2023. The theme was ‘From evidence to action: a whole-school approach to improving young people’s mental health and wellbeing’. Around 90 teachers, researchers and education policy professionals attended to hear […]
SHINE Webinar 10: Loneliness and young people
“Young people and loneliness: what we know, and implications for schools” Dr Claire Goodfellow shared the very best learning and understanding of different aspects of loneliness in the 10th SHINE webinar, followed by a Q&A session and shared insights from delegates on this topic. The recording and resources are now available here
SHINE Webinar 9: E-cigarettes and their marketing to young people
SHINE Webinar 9: Young people’s responses to and engagement with e-cigarettes and their broader marketing presented by Dr Marissa Smith, University of Glasgow Thursday 17th November, 2022 from 16.00 to 17.00pm. Click here for details and to register for the virtual session on Teams. We hope to see you there!
University of Glasgow Festival of Social Sciences is live! Join the 20-minute neighbourhood project!
What is it? This activity helps young people in secondary schools to explore how their environment impacts on their health and wellbeing. The Guide for teachers describes the steps for the activity and all information can be accessed via our website: www.gla.ac.uk/20mn/foss How can I get involved? Links to supporting materials Introduction video to play to students Interactive web map Online […]
SHINE’s annual national network conference report
SHINE’s 3rd annual national network conference took place virtually on Thursday 18th November 2021. The theme the event was “Data into Action – transforming young people’s wellbeing data” and we were delighted to welcome over 100 delegates throughout the day. The majority of delegates were teachers from SHINE schools, joined by health researchers, Local Authority […]
SHINE Virtual National Network Conference 2021
We are very much looking forward to the SHINE Virtual National Network Conference 2021 on Thursday 18th November. The theme of the conference is: “Data into Action : transforming young people’s health and wellbeing through data” The conference is an opportunity for SHINE member schools and Local Authority associates to come together with health researchers and […]
SHINE online pupil mental health survey
The success of the SHINE online pupil mental health survey in the academic session 2021-2022 saw over 230 SHINE schools use the survey resulting in nearly 19,000 completed responses from young people across Scotland. The SHINE team took time over the summer to review the first year of the mental health survey in order to […]