One of my highlights of 2026 thus far is seeing much more student written content on BetterU. And that is thanks to the students on placement with us. In this post, they introduce themselves \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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Earlier this year, I welcomed two new students to the BetterU Newsroom<\/a>: Jacob and Jenny.<\/p>\n Since then the team has expanded further and I wanted to introduce the full group that has been working on content during Semester 1 of 2026.<\/p>\n All of these students are on formal placements in social work, public health or psychology.<\/p>\n It is (and has been) a pleasure to have them on the team and see their ideas take shape as articles on the site.<\/p>\n Each of them has provided a brief bio and I’ve linked to their BetterU content as well. Note that at the time of writing, some are still working on content and I will add links here as they are published.<\/p>\n Please consider showing your support for their work by visiting their articles and maybe leaving a comment.<\/p>\n Whilst these students are on formal placements, all students are welcome to submit content for BetterU. Learn more about that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jenny (social work)<\/strong><\/p>\n Jenny is a social work student currently on placement with the BetterU News Team and the Community Development Program. As an international student, Jenny draws on lived experience of navigating financial stress, study pressures, self-care and relationship wellbeing during university life. Her work focuses on student wellbeing and mental health promotion and brings practical, action-focused approaches to student wellbeing, including financial wellbeing and creative practices such as therapeutic photography. Her goal is to create accessible wellbeing content that helps students take small, meaningful steps to care for their mental health. In her free time, she cooks, bakes, overthinks song lyrics and convinces herself that photography counts as mindfulness.<\/p>\n