Anthony, maintaining academic connections with students and researchers #LetsTalk Podcast

Dr Anthony Newton,  Senior Tutor
in the School of GeoSciences, talks about the changes that lockdown is bringing
within his School, from missing the chats by the kettle that bond a team and
also often lead to important information or discoveries, through redesigning
activities and assignments when all the field trips are cancelled, to rethinking
multiple possible scenarios for how next year might look. We get insights from
Anthony into how students and staff are staying connected, and we hear about the
‘Café at the end of the Universe’, a new meeting point for researchers in the
Northern climes.
For Coronavirus updates and advice,and FAQs please see the University
webpages here: https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/covid-19
The Chaplaincy blogs ‘For Times Like These’ https://www.ed.ac.uk/chaplaincy/for-times-like-these are written
specifically for mental health and wellbeing support during lockdown, as are
these mindfulness virtual
drop-ins: https://www.ed.ac.uk/chaplaincy/mindfulness-and-wellbeing/mindfulness-virtual-drop-ins
 
For University support 
The University Listening Service (for students and staff) is continuing
throughout the lockdown, listening.service@ed.ac.uk
Student Counselling Service, https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-counselling
Staff Counselling Service, https://www.ed.ac.uk/counselling-services/staff
 
If any of the issues in this broadcast have affected you and you’d like
support, here are some helplines.
If you feel that you or someone you are with is in danger right now,
please call 999
A 24/ hour emergency mental health service, Mental health assessment
service 0131
537 6000.
·       Breathing Space 0800 83 85 87
·       The Samaritans 08457 90 90 90





































·       Edinburgh Crisis Centre 0808 801 0414