Empowerment 360: Using Trauma-Informed Practice in Higher Education

Speakers: Emma Davies (UEL), Stefanos Nachmias (Nottingham Trent University) and Bugewa Apampa (UEL) - Introduction and Opening Sandra Williamson (UEL) - How Was Your Day ?(A collection of student experiences written in the form of creative non-fiction in the style of a journal) Nadia Whittome (Nottingham Local MP) - The Socio-Political Environment of Trauma-Informed Practice. How can Public Policy address these Issues?

Speakers: Stefanos Nachmias (Nottingham Trent University) – How to support staff experience in the classroom?: In this session Stefanos will evaluate how higher education can support academic staff in managing student trauma in the class and what we need to do to ensure that they offer appropriate support to students. Lynn Miles (Teesside University) – Learning from the MA Education (Trauma-Informed Practice): In this session Lynn will highlight the ways in which principles of trauma-informed care have successfully been applied and operationalised for the MA Education (Trauma-Informed Practice). Resources Mentioned in the Chat: - Universities Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence: https://usvreact.eu/ - Research Project /Managing trauma in the workplace' (Stefanos Nachmias): www.ntu.ac.uk/research/groups-and-centres/projects/managing-trauma-in-the-workplace - NNECL (The National Network for the Education of Care Leavers): great resources on support for professionals supporting care leaver https://www.nnecl.org/ - Rohan Bullkin and the Shadows: A Story about ACEs and Hope

Speakers: Emma Amegan (UEL) – Let’s Talk about T ! Podcast Tahera Sikdaka (UEL) – On Being a Mother and Student at University We asked and they answered. Through this podcast and the help of different experts, we discussed some topics that seemed to be taboo when it comes to students’ experiences. Through these presentations, two UEL student’s present their reflections on these topics, the importance of trauma-informed practices in HE and an additional view from the experiences of student mothers, told with their own words to gain better understanding of the challenges mothers face and ways they empower themselves despite adversity.

Rozina Iqbal (UEL) – Journey to Empowerment Guests: Ismail Mohammed (UEL Alumni) and Laura Austin-Croft (Public Health Newham) This presentation is on the three phases of the Beyond Adversity/Empowerment 360 Project. The struggles students face, and how I turned my adversities into strengths through post-traumatic growth. Three years of working through phases one, two, and three of the Beyond Adversity project have helped me understand how I am not alone. We share with you our findings and real-life experiences to understand how Empowerment 360 is a vital project to adopt trauma-informed practices in higher education and across other institutes and sectors of work.

Speakers: Emma Davies (UEL) Stefanos Nachmias (Nottingham Trent University) Sandi Williamson (UEL) Isobel Dawson (Wave Trust) Carrie Wilson-Harrop (Loughborough University)