The Pursuit of a "Better Work Life"

12th Nov 2022

How do you perceive your work life? Ever wondered what construes to an improved work life?

Our fellow speaker, Mr. Teo Guan Khee is here to bring us into his world of a "better work life" with the help of our very own committee member, Wen Pin!

Celebrating International Day of Happiness: Conversation on World Happiness Report 2022

27th March 2022

In conjunction with the celebration of the International Day of Happiness, our division is collaborating with School of Social Sciences, USM to bring a session on the World Happiness Report 2022.

Brought to you by our division advisors, Professor. Dr. Deborah Hall, Professor. Dr. Intan Hashimah Mohd Hashim, and our division head, Assoc. Professor. Dr. Tan Chee Seng, this session strives to talk on the significance of happiness to us as a whole in a global context.

Catch up on this session here!

Celebrating International Day of Happiness: Build Back Happier

20th March 2022

In conjunction with the International Day of Happiness, our division is collaborating with School of Social Sciences, USM to bring a talk on how individuals can build back happier at midst of this endemic.

Our respectable panelists are Dr. Mohd Haizzan Yahaya, Dr. Zaireeni Azmi, Ms. Nur Farah Wani Mohd Nasir, and Mr. Andrew Au Soon Kay. Moderated by our division advisor, Professor. Dr. Intan Hashimah Mohd Hashim, this session strives to benefit our audience.

Catch up on this session on our Facebook page!

The Resilience and Well-Being Summit 2022

20th February 2022 - 31st March 2022

In conjunction with Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) 20^th anniversary of its founding in Malaysia, UTAR is hosting the first historical Summit “The Resilience and Well-Being Summit 2022” together with co-host partners - Bodhi Counselling Centre and Journey Within.

Over the past two decades, UTAR the University by “the People for the People” actively participate in community outreach programmes and community services. In the coming decades, UTAR will continue to uphold the social responsibility to engage, support and inspire the communities of today so that together, all can aspire to build a resilient community and a better tomorrow.

The Resilience and Well-Being Summit 2022 was born out of the International Mindfulness Conference 2020 which was held in October/November 2020 with more than 40,000 viewers and 11 renowned speakers. IMC was a ground-breaking event for Malaysia Mindfulness Community.

In this Resilience and Well-Being Summit 2022, the committee's mission is to offer the best online platform for gaining genuine, practical information about coping with and managing mental well-being and strengthening resilience.

With talks and presentations, from four specialized Summit categories, delivered by experts and advocates from the worlds of Psychology, Psychotherapy, Counselling, Neuroscience, Mindfulness and Life Experiences, this Summit delivers key information required and essential to make a positive change in our life.

From 20th February 2022 to 31st March 2022, do join them for FREE.

Do stay connected with the committee - lots of themes and speakers to choose from!

See more information and registration details here:

Website: http://resiliencesummit.event.utar.edu.my/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/resiliencesummit2022

Registration: https://bit.ly/ResilienceSummit2022Ticket

Forging the New, Fostering Well-Being

16 December 2021

Professor Richard A. Williams, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University, invites you to attend the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Deborah Hall.

Professor Deborah Hall’s research spans a range of topics that touch on aspects of individual and societal well-being. She is recognised as a world-leading expert on tinnitus, and other examples of her research include the relevance of positive soundscapes, developing a manualised psychological treatment to upskill audiologists in the NHS, and advocating to bring the public voice into clinical research.

She has always been interested in human well-being in its many forms; of others, of colleagues and of herself. Her career is defined by establishing new initiatives…from human auditory neuroscience with the Nobel Prize-winning team at Nottingham, to one of the world’s most research-active teams on tinnitus, and now to building up the positive education agenda at Heriot-Watt University. Her inaugural lecture highlights just some of the peak moments in her career, describing those events that have shaped who she is today, and taking a look at the exciting horizons ahead.

Professor Hall graduated from Brunel University UK with a first class honours degree in Psychology and completed a PhD in Psychology at Birmingham University. In her early career, she established a world-leading research programme in auditory fMRI, funded by the Medical Research Council. In 2009, she left to establish cognitive neuroscience teaching and research in the Division of Psychology at Nottingham Trent University. She then spent over eight years at the University of Nottingham; six years leading a prestigious translational research centre funded by the UK government's National Institute for Health Research and two and half years as Vice Provost (Research and Knowledge Exchange) at its Malaysia campus.

This will be an online lecture and login details will be provided 24-48 hours before the event. Each person is required to register individually in order to receive the link to join the lecture.

More information on the Inaugural Lecture Series.

Promoting Wellbeing: Nurturing Children's Potential

23 November 2021

Division Virtual Launching Ceremony

9 October 2021