Well-being weeks

With the theme ‘Share and Take Care’, we focused on enhancing psychological safety and mental health. Where we aimed to create a supportive environment that prioritizes well-being and encourages open conversations about mental health and inclusivity.

Focussing on encouraging physical activity, nutrition, and relaxation to foster a sense of vitality and wellness, especially during times when the days are shorter and the nights are longer, a period often associated with the winter blues.

It is essential to take care of ourselves, but it is equally important to look after each other. This edition of the well-being weeks will spotlight those who are already helping others regularly but also provides tools on how to start a dialogue if you see someone struggling.

Most of us are not aware about the things we can influence in our daily life. Therefore UT gives you the opportunity to take the lead in your own well-being. During the upcoming well-being weeks you can gain more insight into your personal patterns.

The research shows that we have different wishes and needs with regard to hybrid working, work-life balance and collaboration. It is therefore important that we start a dialogue with each other and respect each other's way of working

Balancing your work, research and life in the age of hybrid working can be challenging. Allow us to give you a boost in a wide range of activities during our well-being weeks

Restructuring well-being weeks

At the University of Twente we highly value your well-being and, therefore, we will organise these new and improved Health weeks called ‘well-being weeks’ several times a year. During the well-being weeks we will give special attention to enjoyment, vitality, physical and mental health, and relaxation. 

In 2008 the first Health week took place. By then one week of activities where organised to stress the importance of a healthy workplace.