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<\/p>\nAn imaginative collaboration between the School of Music and Fine Art and the Student Learning Advice Service (SLAS), Wellbeing and Counselling team, which tackles the social stigma often surrounding mental health, has resulted in wide ranging impact and two award nominations.<\/p>\n
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Cover Artwork by Nicole Vaughan, SMFA, 2015<\/i><\/p>\n
Charlotte Harding, Event and Experience Design BA, \u00a0was instrumental in the project, coming 2nd<\/sup> in the 2015 Kent Student Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity. It was also nominated for the Barbara Morris student support prize.<\/p>\n As part of a campus-wide mental health awareness campaign, SMFA offered a popular weekly meditation session, which resulted in the production of a free meditation CD. Student support staff contributed a meditation, with SMFA music and art students creating soundscapes, original compositions, and cover artwork. The University funded 200 CDs, released to coincide with exams, and the tracks are free to students and staff to download via the university\u2019s VLE:\u00a0http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smfa\/currentstudents\/meditationmix2015.html<\/a><\/p>\n “The CD\u00a0generated discussions and awareness about mental wellbeing, and was discussed at the Medway mental health forum, reaching beyond the university into the local community, and to a national and international audience, with papers submitted to two major conferences.\u201d says\u00a0Louise Frith, SMFA Student Support Officer\u00a0who initiated the project.<\/p>\n For further details contact Louise Frith, Student Support Officer, SMFA, Tel: 01634 888450 or Email:\u00a0mfasupport@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An imaginative collaboration between the School of Music and Fine Art and the Student Learning Advice Service (SLAS), Wellbeing and Counselling team, which tackles the social stigma often surrounding mental health, has resulted in wide ranging impact and two award nominations. Cover Artwork by Nicole Vaughan, SMFA, 2015 Charlotte Harding, Event and Experience Design BA, … Continue reading Award winning creative meditation CD from School of Music and Fine Art has National impact<\/span>