Rethinking Mental Health in Higher Education
HEARTS Final Conference & CORE Salut Mental Seminar
1st & 2nd December 2025 At Campus de Bellaterra (UAB)
The HEARTS Final Conference of the European project and the CORE Salut Mental Seminar bring together universities, professionals and community organisations to rethink mental health and well-being in academia.
Across two days of activities, the programme combines research, dialogue and creative practice. It includes the presentation of the HEARTS project and the CORE Seminar, where key results and reflections on mental health in academic settings will be shared. A European round table will address institutional responsibility, emerging challenges and good practices among partner universities. In addition, interactive workshops by Abilis will explore community-based and trauma-informed approaches to fostering inclusive well-being in higher education.
The conference will also feature the opening of the HEARTS Photo Exhibition and a Forum Theatre performance by La Xixa Lab, inviting collective reflection and action on mental health and inclusion in university life. A networking space will showcase different UAB services that promote health and inclusion. Finally, “Talks! New Initiatives that Foster Inclusive Well-being in Academia” will present current CORE Salut Mental projects on resilience, belonging, anti-racism, art-based well-being, research culture and digital mental health.
We warmly invite all members of the university community and anyone interested in well-being, inclusion, and innovation in higher education to join us. Attendance is free with prior registration.
Free Registration
📅 Monday 1 and Tuesday 2 December 2025 (morning)
📍 Campus de Bellaterra, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
📝 Free attendance with prior registration required.
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About the HEARTS Project
Promoting Mental Health Together
HEARTS: Higher Education Action Response for Trauma Support is an Erasmus+ project dedicated to co-designing and piloting innovative strategies for mental health promotion in higher education, focusing on trauma prevention and support. This partnership includes ISOR-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), CIS-ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa (Portugal), CRES - Universita Ta Malta (Malta), UNICA Università Degli Studi di Cagliari (Italy), SCT COREP Consorzio per la Ricerca e l'Educazione Permanente Torino (Italy), and IUHPE (International Union for Health Promotion and Education, France).
Access to the HEARTS Project Results!
HEARTS Foundation Bricks Report
HEARTS Foundation Bricks Report
HEARTS Foundation Bricks Report
Mental Health Needs Assessment of Five European Higher Education Institutions
HEARTS Activity handbook
HEARTS Foundation Bricks Report
HEARTS Foundation Bricks Report
Activities to foster culturally-sensitive and community-based health promotion for Mental Health in HE (EN, SP, PT)
HEARTS Guide
HEARTS Foundation Bricks Report
HEARTS Guide
A Guide for the Introduction of Culturally Sensitive and Community-Based Mental Health Promotion in HE (EN, SP, PT)
HEARTS Partners
