ALT Screenshot of text from an email. Subject: "Be kind to your mind" Text: "Wellbeing If you need to talk to someone about your wellbeing, there are Student Support teams in Colleges (your Assistant Principal or Assistant Student Support Officer). We also have a Listening Service run by our Chaplains – trained, experienced and compassionate listeners who support students of all faiths and none. Find your inner calm in a yoga class, practise mindfulness in one of our weekly sessions, or head down to Maiden Castle for an exercise session. And much more… These are just a few of the services available at Durham. For more information on what’s available, including specialists in Counselling & Mental Health and Disability Support, visit the Student Support Hub."

ALT Screenshot of text from the Guardian article linked in the tweet. "A new study by Oxford University’s William Fleming examines the impact of a wide range of workplace wellbeing interventions such as stress management and mindfulness classes, and wellbeing apps. It found that almost none of these interventions had any statistically significant impact on worker wellbeing or job satisfaction. They did not improve employees’ sense of belonging at work or reduce perceived time pressures. Nor did they make employees feel supported or improve workplace relationships. In some cases, wellbeing interventions seemed to make matters worse, the study suggested. For instance, workplace resilience and mindfulness training had a slightly negative impact on employees’ self-rated mental health. The Oxford study is not alone in finding that workplace wellbeing initiatives have a modest impact. A US study of nearly 33,000 employees working over"