Newcastle University signs MoU with Bharti Foundation

Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, has signed an MoU with Newcastle University, UK, to extend cooperation in the area of students’ internship and joint academic research. As a part of the MoU, the students from Newcastle University, UK, will visit remote villages in India and conduct their research on various educational reform projects run by Bharti Foundation. The findings of their research will be used to further develop and enhance the ongoing programs, impacting more than 1.5 million community members across rural India. Speaking on the occasion,Professor Richard Davies, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Newcastle University, UK, said, “We welcome Bharti Foundation’s support, which helps our students to gain exposure to their education initiatives. Such initiatives have proven to be very successful and sustainable models to enhance the quality of education in rural India.” The internship programme is designed to provide hands-on experience to students which will put to use their academic learning in real life context.

Resilience workshop at DAV college

As many as 80 students and college lecturers attended a workshop on cultivating resilience amongst the college youth at DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh recently. The workshop was organised by Alchemist Center of Happiness (ACH) in collaboration with the Department of Psychology, DAV College.

Speaking at the workshop, Glory K. Singh, Director at ACH Happiness, stated that increasingly fast-paced lifestyles, stress, failure in examinations, complexities of career choice, increasing family and peer pressure and a breakdown of support systems have made Indian students one of the most depressed in the world.

Research shows that teaching the skills of resilience, optimism, self-awareness, self-regulation skills, and a sense of purpose to youngsters can protect them against depression, increase their life satisfaction and improve their learning power. In a country where students’ suicidal incidence are on high side, it is vital to build resilience amongst the youngsters and adults alike, she asserted. Glory K Singh also talked about the various protective factors of resilience and taught 6 resilience skills to the students.  — TNS