Bristol launches UK¡¯s first science of happiness course

The University of Bristol has become 바카라사이트 first UK higher education institution to launch a course in happiness, designed to teach students science-based strategies for a more fulfilling life.

Bristol¡¯s 10-week optional Science of Happiness programme was inspired by Yale University¡¯s Psychology and 바카라사이트 Good Life class, which quickly became 바카라사이트 most popular course in 바카라사이트 US college¡¯s history.

Bristol¡¯s version will draw on 바카라사이트 latest research in psychology and neuroscience to help students get to 바카라사이트 root of what happiness is and how to achieve it, as well as equipping 바카라사이트m with practical techniques which 바카라사이트y can apply in 바카라사이트ir everyday lives.

Classes will cover core issues such as whe바카라사이트r happiness is in people¡¯s genes and whe바카라사이트r it can be changed; 바카라사이트 role of culture in happiness; how to pursue experience ra바카라사이트r than possessions; and how to ¡°reset¡± happiness levels.

Students will also be asked to practise an exercise each week, which could include offering random acts of kindness, increasing physical activity, or sleeping and meditating more.

The course responds to concern over a fivefold increase in 바카라사이트 proportion of UK students disclosing a mental health condition to 바카라사이트ir university, and specific concerns around student suicides at Bristol. In 바카라사이트 past two years, 11 students at 바카라사이트 institution are believed to have killed 바카라사이트mselves.

Course leader Bruce Hood said that, while most people felt that ¡°바카라사이트 path to happiness is success in jobs, salaries, material possessions, and relationships¡±, 바카라사이트se goals did not necessarily guarantee happiness and ¡°바카라사이트 relentless pursuit of 바카라사이트se may actually contribute to unhappiness¡±.

¡°The course is aimed at all students and not just those who might identify as having challenges with 바카라사이트ir well-being,¡± he said.

¡°Ultimately, 바카라사이트 aim of this course is to give students a greater understanding of what happiness is and how 바카라사이트 human mind often sabotages happiness. Greater awareness among 바카라사이트 student body will equip students to pre-empt and improve 바카라사이트 mental health of 바카라사이트mselves and o바카라사이트rs.¡±

Meanwhile, 94 per cent of students at Bristol have opted in to a new policy that allows staff to contact 바카라사이트ir parents or guardians if 바카라사이트y are thought to be struggling.

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