1 March 2024 – Researchers within the EMPOWER FOR 21 project have prepared a special guide titled “Life Transitions” for students starting their studies, available in the Slovenian language.
It is the first guide of its kind in the Slovenian higher education sector, providing information on topics such as time management, relationships, sexuality, addictions, etc. Students will also find descriptions of the most common challenges and hardships typical of this period and ideas on how to deal with them effectively.
The document is available for free at the following link: https://empowerfor21.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/UKC-Zivljenski-prehodi_final.pdf.
The guide is based on the English version developed by Canadian psychology experts. On the basis of a peer review, it has been adapted to the cultural characteristics by experts of the project promoter University Medical Centre Maribor (UMC Maribor) and project partners University of Maribor, Faculty of Medicine (UM FM) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), namely Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hojka Gregorič Kumperščak, MD, PhD, Specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (UM MF), Nina Vučinič, M.Sc. in Psychology, Sara Plakolm Erlač, Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology (UMC Maribor) and Prof. Norbert Skokauskas, MD, PhD, Expert in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (NTNU).
EMPOWER FOR 21 project is part of the programme Education, Scholarships, Apprenticeship and Youth Entrepreneurship and is funded by the Norway Grants and the corresponding Slovenian contribution. It focuses on training teachers in communication, leadership, mental health and teaching critical thinking to better prepare them to teach professionals in higher education and also at work.
Source: EMPOWER FOR 21 Project