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Martina van Heerden, Senior Lecturer in English for Educational Development, University of the Western Cape

Student well-being comes from care, but is caring enough? Academics reflect on 3 stumbling blocks

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Students’ well-being in higher education has been a growing concern globally since the coronavirus pandemic, which disrupted learning and lives generally.

Well-being has been described as “the combination of feeling good and functioning well; experiencing positive emotions such as happiness and contentment as well as the development of one’s potential, having some control over one’s life, having a sense of purpose, and experiencing positive relationships”.

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