The “FD Joint Training Program and Thematic Training” targets new faculty and staff, teachers who wish to relearn FD fundamentals, teachers interested in FD, and staff working in FD-related departments. This is a group training program designed to acquire skills and knowledge, for example. A total of four meetings will be held in fiscal year 2025.
This year’s inaugural event will be themed “Mental Health,” as detailed below.

Part 1: Lighting Up Tomorrow: How to Prepare University Faculty and Staff and How to Respond to Gen Z
As the environment around universities becomes increasingly challenging, the number of faculty and staff under pressure is rising. The purpose of this workshop is to help university faculty and staff learn ways of thinking and practical methods to turn daily life into positive factors, thereby effectively maintaining and improving their mental health. The health and well-being of faculty and staff themselves will lead to understanding and support for students living in an unstable era of daily information exposure, and will lead to an overall improvement in the quality of the university’s educational and research environment. One of the speakers will share the basic concepts of self-compassion and how to reduce self-criticism and achieve a healthier mindset. Additionally, another speaker will teach us what students are thinking these days, how to cope, and how to keep their distance from them, using real-life examples from the perspective of a certified psychologist and industrial consultant.
* We will accept inquiries in advance. On the day of the event, we will introduce you in a format that does not allow personal identification.

We look forward to receiving your application.

● Date: June 4 (Wednesday) 18:30~20:30

● Lecturer: Koki Arimitsu (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Kansei Gakuin University)
Ms. Kumiko Otsuki (Representative of Big Smile Consultation Office,
Certified psychologist and industrial consultant)

● Yuko Negishi (Professor, Faculty of Contemporary Life Studies, Kyoto Kadoka University)
Tomoko Takei (Professor, Department of Basic Sciences, Kyoto Institute of Technology)

● Target audience: faculty and staff of universities and junior colleges
　　　　　　　　* Not only for faculty and staff, but also for those interested in FD.

● Format: Online (Zoom meeting)

● Participation fee: University Alliance Kyoto, affiliated universities and junior colleges, faculty and staff: free
For those not listed above: 1,000 yen (tax included, advance transfer required)

● No limit on the number of participants (looking forward to your participation)

Application deadline: Monday, May 26, 17:00
Entry fee payment deadline: May 28 (Wednesday)

Inquiry

University Alliance Kyoto FD Project
Phone: 075-353-9163 Fax: 075-353-9101
〒600-8216 Nishi-Toin-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Shimokoji, Kyoto City Kyoto Campus Plaza
*Business hours: Tuesday~Saturday 9:00 ~ 17:00