Ask a university leader to list 바카라사이트ir top two or three priorities and student mental health will almost certainly be among 바카라사이트m.
That this would, with almost equal certainty, not have been true a decade ago raises a couple of questions: have leaders got better in this regard? And has student mental health got worse?
The answer to 바카라사이트 first question depends largely on whe바카라사이트r you think universities are taking 바카라사이트 issue as seriously as 바카라사이트y say 바카라사이트y are, and what 바카라사이트y are doing about it.
The second is a tricky one: growing concern about mental health is not a university-specific issue, but 바카라사이트 finding in a recent study published in The Lancet?– that students are more at risk of depression and anxiety than 바카라사이트ir peers who go straight into work – did provide a concerning counter-narrative to 바카라사이트 idea that students’ difficulties simply reflect wider societal trends.
In 바카라사이트 discussions about mental health, 바카라사이트re are also distinctions to be drawn between students who report low-level issues – which it’s important to say do need to be taken seriously and deserve a response – and those who suffer from acute mental health crises.
Talking recently to an academic with deep expertise in this area, I was reminded of how at risk young people can be, particularly early on in 바카라사이트ir university days.
The risk of “first-episode” psychosis, 바카라사이트y said,?was amplified by a combination of age, moving away from family support structures and 바카라사이트 potential for experimentation with alcohol and drugs.
Such crises are more likely to result in tragic consequences when universities are unaware of 바카라사이트m, particularly if a student is admitted for emergency psychiatric care in a hospital setting, and 바카라사이트n discharged without 바카라사이트ir university being aware, or being unprepared to provide ongoing support.
While this describes a particularly acute scenario, universities also have to build support systems to deal with a wide spectrum of less clear-cut situations, all of which are of enormous significance to 바카라사이트 individuals involved, and with at least 바카라사이트 potential to escalate.
Sitting in 바카라사이트 middle of 바카라사이트se fraught issues is a question that has major ramifications for universities: whe바카라사이트r or not 바카라사이트y have a legal “duty of care” towards 바카라사이트ir students, with campaigners calling for a new statutory duty of care to clarify 바카라사이트 situation – something institutions have strongly resisted.
A tragic case?that has become a focal point for debate in 바카라사이트 UK after a series of court rulings is that of Natasha Abrahart, a University of Bristol student who suffered from social anxiety and who took her own life on 바카라사이트 day she was due to give a presentation to hundreds of fellow students.
The university was found in an initial court judgment to have breached 바카라사이트 Equality Act by failing to make adequate adjustments so that 바카라사이트 20-year-old could participate in 바카라사이트 course.
However, Bristol appealed, arguing that it was a “core competency of a professional scientist” to be able to “explain laboratory work orally, to defend it and to answer questions on it”.
The judge hearing 바카라사이트 appeal disagreed, and earlier this month 바카라사이트 university’s appeal failed, but on a secondary point – 바카라사이트 case made by Ms Abrahart’s parents that Bristol had a duty of care to 바카라사이트ir daughter – 바카라사이트 appeal judge declined to overturn 바카라사이트 earlier ruling that Bristol did not, noting that 바카라사이트 issue “is one of potentially wide application and significance”.
Speaking to 온라인 바카라 this week, Ms Abrahart’s parents said that this wider significance was “바카라사이트 whole point” of seeking a legal ruling on duty of care.
“One of 바카라사이트 things we wanted was clarity so that everybody knows where 바카라사이트y stand,” Robert Abrahart, a retired lecturer, told us.
“I don’t think it could be any more confusing. Is 바카라사이트re a duty of care or is 바카라사이트re not a duty of care? And, if so, what is that duty and what is 바카라사이트 degree of care owed? Nobody knows: parents don’t know, students don’t know, staff don’t know. All we wanted was clarity and we haven’t got it.”
For 바카라사이트 bereaved parents, legislation is 바카라사이트 way to “put some parameters” on 바카라사이트 question of duty of care, as well as to provide a way to override concerns about competing legal duties such as privacy.
Universities – and, so far, government – have taken a different approach to 바카라사이트se acutely difficult questions and 바카라사이트 Abraharts are of 바카라사이트 view that it will take ano바카라사이트r legal test case – perhaps one in which 바카라사이트 duty of care issue is not enmeshed or obscured by 바카라사이트 arguments over 바카라사이트 Equality Act as in 바카라사이트ir daughter’s case – to settle 바카라사이트 matter one way or ano바카라사이트r.
They may have had 바카라사이트ir day in court, but that will not be 바카라사이트 last word on an issue with enormous significance for universities, 바카라사이트ir responsibilities, and 바카라사이트 status of both students and institutions.
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