Psychosocial risks in education: understanding work-related factors affecting teachers’ well-being
Teaching professionals face significant psychosocial risks in the workplace, including high workload, emotional demands, limited autonomy, job insecurity and exposure to violence. These factors affect mental health, well-being and job quality, and can have an impact on recruitment, retention and student learning.
This report outlines risk patterns, special groups and effective prevention measures to improve occupational safety and health in education. It focuses on preventing psychosocial risks and promoting good mental health among teaching professionals such as teachers, academic staff, research assistants and others.
It includes good practices and policy pointers to support mental wellbeing in this key sector, which employs 10 million people across the EU, with one in four reporting that their job negatively affects their mental health.