QS Reimagine Education Awards stage
Professor Louise Younie received the silver QS Global Education Award in the 'nurturing wellbeing and purpose' category for her 'Flourishing Spaces' programme. Flourishing Spaces encourages medical students to use creative enquiry to explore their own personal experiences in medicine, with a view that students then use their own explorations to better understand a patient's lived experiences and deliver better care.
You can watch Professor Younie discuss the Flourishing Spaces programme on this short Youtube video:
The 'nurturing wellbeing and purpose' award celebrates projects fostering mental and/or physical wellbeing and clarity of purpose within educational communities. It recognises initiatives implementing innovative strategies that prioritise mental health, physical wellbeing, resilience, and purpose among learners, faculty, and stakeholders.
The award winners were announced at last night's QS Reimagine Education Awards in London. The 2024 Awards received over 1,300 submissions across 18 award categories. A total of four Queen Mary projects were shortlisted in this year's awards.
Professor Janet De Wilde, Director of the Queen Mary Academy which has supported the programme, said: "I am absolutely delighted that Professor Younie has been recognised for her pioneering work in supporting our medical students use art to develop a more holistic, empathic approach to care and become better doctors."
