Posted in February 2021
Creating Positive Impact Through Wellbeing Assessments
In creating a new approach to wellbeing assessment at TU Delft, we didn’t just want to measure needs, we wanted to help the university do something about those needs. So, what kind of real-world changes have now taken place? After presenting to the university board of directors, we are happy to share several top-down policy changes. There have also been many smaller-scale community initiatives; for instance, this instagram campaign for supporting student home environments.
For both students and staff, new wellbeing resources have been created or revised. Student counselling services have now developed better guidance on how to seek mental care help on campus. The gym center developed an initiative to help students to have a collective physical start to the day. As our qualitative results revealed the special challenges for graduating students, a new pilot is helping support a weekly student wellbeing check-in for these students. And, on the staff side, resources have been provided to improve the home office. Finally, the university now has a policy to gather wellbeing data from students and staff on a quarterly schedule.
We will continue to listen — and do our best to translate wellbeing needs into community action.
December 2020 Wellbeing Results
We’ve now completed our December 2020 assessment of students and staff wellbeing. Although the student and staff survey included different items, there were aligned enough to make concrete comparisons. The following chart shows some of the differences in response between students and staff. In a future post, we will show how some of these items compared to results in June, 2020.
| Selection of Questions
December, 2020 |
English
Students |
Dutch
Students |
English Staff | Dutch Staff |
| Number of Respondents | 776 | 2351 | 425 | 1183 |
| LIFE SATISFACTION | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.6 |
| SATISFACTION WORKING FROM HOME | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.4 |
| I am happy with how I am performing in my studies | 26% | 58% | — | — |
| I often feel disconnected from my family | 39% | 14% | 37% | 15% |
| I’m part of a student association | 18% | 43% | — | — |
| I feel like I belong at TU Delft | 23% | 47% | 29% | 48% |
| I often feel like I don’t have anyone to talk to | 36% | 13% | 23% | 12% |
| I often feel lonely | 56% | 34% | 39% | 21% |
| Overall, I felt good about my exercise levels | 28% | 49% | 38% | 50% |
| I feel like my stress levels are unsustainable | 43% | 24% | 41% | 10% |
| I am satisfied with my work / life balance | 21% | 34% | 27% | 49% |
| Overall, I felt good about my sleep quality | 41% | 54% | 45% | 54% |
| It often feels like no one at TU Delft cares about me | 31% | 18% | — | — |
| I feel part of a community at TU Delft | 19% | 31% | 23% | 35% |
| I am generally optimistic about the future | 48% | 58% | 42% | 55% |
| My home working environment is not ergonomic and I can feel the negative effects on my body | 48% | 44% | 50% | 36% |
| I have rearranged my room during corona | 30% | 25% | 39% | 61% |
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