10 FACULTY OF HUMANITIES ANNUAL REPORT 2021 The psychology department participated in the mental health webinar initiative that brought together the different psychology departments at UJ. This is the first time the different psychology departments came together to present knowledge and information. Hopefully this is the first of many collaborations and engagements. New Initiatives: We have plans to develop new SLPs, particularly around mental health and DBT skills training. Mental health community engagement project to commence in Soweto in 2022. International Symposium on Health Development of Vulnerable Populations hosted by the Department of Psychology, University of Johannesburg via Zoom. 29 September. Areas of Growth We will work a research strategy to try and increase our research outputs. The student/lecturer engagement will be focused on next year given the reduced restrictions around in person teaching (hopefully). So the psychology student forum will be revived. Our biggest challenges for the year is the high administration and teaching loads across the rankings. We also have high staff-student ratios as well as high tutor student ratios. Resignations hamper some of our processes, particularly on the clinical psychology side, but we strive to do the best we can to provide our students with world-class teaching and training.
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