VAW research blog

Mental health policy in the arts

A Nitro online opinion piece about the wellbeing of artists and art students I had the pleasure of recently publishing an online opinion...

What do men have to say about their mental health?

How limited participation from men can impact research outcomes At any given time, volunteering to help with research can be frustrating....

Visual Art Students and Worry

An update on the Visual Arts Wellbeing (VAW) project It has now been over a month since the VAW survey was launched, and responses have...

Why visual art students?

You might have noticed that this research focuses some visual art disciplines, but not performing art disciplines. Here's why. In a...

How did this research begin?

Why I began researching mental health and wellbeing for art students My journey in research began when I completed my undergraduate...

Defining & categorising art disciplines

How have art disciplines in this research been categorised as "visual art" disciplines? First, let's acknowledge that it is very hard to...

Defining wellbeing and resilience

According to research there are ways we learn how to flourish in life, despite challenges we might experience. Let's take a look at how...

Designing positive curriculum

Positive universities can develop curriculum that might help enhance students' wellbeing. The subjects that make up a university degree...

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