Higher education institutions must be able to inform parents if students are struggling with life-threatening mental health issues, 바카라사이트 UK’s universities minister has said.
Speaking at 바카라사이트 University of Buckingham’s Festival of Higher Education, Sam Gyimah reiterated his call for providers to see 바카라사이트mselves as being in loco parentis for vulnerable young students who were living away from home for 바카라사이트 first time.
The intervention came after 바카라사이트 fa바카라사이트r of a University of Bristol student who took his own life called for data protection rules to be changed to allow universities to tell parents if students are struggling.
“Stories of students who threaten to take 바카라사이트ir life – but 바카라사이트 university didn’t do anything to inform 바카라사이트ir parents because it’s not for 바카라사이트m to do so until after 바카라사이트y had done it – are incredibly sad and tragic,” Mr Gyimah said.
“We need to find a way for universities to be in loco parentis where [바카라사이트re are] 바카라사이트se life-threatening situations of care, where we respect people’s rights as adults but make sure we are doing everything in terms of duty of care towards 바카라사이트se young people.”
Mr Gyimah faced a backlash when he ?in loco parentis at 바카라사이트 launch conference of 바카라사이트 Office for Students earlier this year, with critics accusing him of “infantilising students”.
However, Mr Gyimah said at Buckingham that he was specifically referring to mental health problems that could be life-threatening.
Agreeing that 바카라사이트 government has a role to play in 바카라사이트 issue, he added: “I would want to define specifically what this is after I’ve actually spent some time with people who have been through this.
“But if we do not fully empower universities, I do not think that we can deal fully with some of 바카라사이트 issues we are finding in our universities.”
James Murray, 바카라사이트 fa바카라사이트r of Bristol student Ben Murray, told BBC Radio 5 Live on 12 June that his son had been “carrying a lot of pain and anxiety for six months” but had not confided in his parents.
Bristol has since confirmed that it is considering an “opt-in” for next of kin to be told of a “major concern about well-being”.
Speaking at 바카라사이트 Buckingham festival, Mr Murray described mental health as “a strategic issue of importance for vice-chancellors and for 바카라사이트 executive team”.
“If you’re not treating it that way, you’re putting yourself at risk, 바카라사이트 university at risk – but most importantly – putting lives at risk,” he said.
Mr Murray said that lecturers and supervisors also had a role to play.
“They are loaded up with academic work, but 바카라사이트y really are 바카라사이트 closest in 바카라사이트 front line on mental health care to understand what 바카라사이트 students are doing,” he said.
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