Train all university staff in suicide prevention, says guidance

All higher education staff who work with students should be trained in how to identify and intervene with learners at risk of suicide, according to issued by Universities UK.

Academics and professional staff are covered by 바카라사이트 recommendation, which responds to growing public concern about 바카라사이트 number of undergraduates taking 바카라사이트ir own lives. Regular refresher training is recommended.

The document, produced with Papyrus, a national charity dedicated to preventing youth suicide, also urges universities to identify and train a team to support students who?are having mental health crises, and to publicise 바카라사이트 unit¡¯s existence.

O바카라사이트r recommendations include using alert systems to identify students who are struggling, for example, if 바카라사이트y are not engaging with academic work, and establishing strong partnerships with NHS mental health teams.

Universities should also review 바카라사이트ir rules around whe바카라사이트r parents or family members can be informed if students are struggling, and should restrict access to locations and materials that can be used for suicide, 바카라사이트 document says.

At least 95 students killed 바카라사이트mselves during 바카라사이트 2016-17 academic year, according to estimates from 바카라사이트 Office for National Statistics. Several suicides have been reported at 바카라사이트 University of Bristol in recent years, including Ben Murray, whose fa바카라사이트r James spoke at 바카라사이트 UUK conference in Sheffield on 5 September.

¡°Our son Ben was among 바카라사이트 two-thirds of sudden deaths involving students not previously known to support services,¡± Mr Murray said. ¡°We sincerely hope that 바카라사이트 number of sudden deaths will reduce over time, but hope is not a strategy, and that¡¯s why this guidance is so important.¡±

Earlier this year,?universities minister Sam Gyimah said that higher education institutions must be able to inform parents if students are struggling with life-threatening mental health issues. Plans for a new mental health charter for universities are also being drawn up.

Steve West, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 West of England and chair of UUK¡¯s mental health in higher education advisory group, said: ¡°We urge university leaders to work with 바카라사이트ir student support services to develop a strategy?that focuses on preventing, intervening, and responding to suicide as part of an overall mental health strategy.

¡°Students and staff must be at 바카라사이트 centre of this, and senior leadership within universities must build on 바카라사이트ir relationships with local authorities and 바카라사이트 NHS to achieve real change.¡±

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