Sep. 13 2024
Source Page: Student Mental Health Action PlanFound: Student Mental Health Action Plan
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her Department's policy that universities should have a statutory duty of care to students.
Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The department has asked the higher education (HE) Student Support Champion, Professor Edward Peck, to continue to work with students, parents, mental health experts and the HE sector to drive meaningful change in mental health practice through the HE Mental Health Implementation Taskforce.
The Office for Students (OfS) is providing £400,000 of funding to the student mental health charity, Student Minds, to rapidly expand the scale and membership of the University Mental Health Charter Programme. The Programme supports universities to adopt a whole-institution approach to mental health, and also follow a process of continuous improvement to work towards the Charter Award. The University Mental Health Charter is already raising standards within the sector.
The department has appointed academic experts from the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health to undertake a National Review of HE Suicides. It will report findings by spring 2025, ensuring lessons from tragic cases are shared widely across the sector.
In 2024, to support HE providers to engage with the National Review of HE Suicides and develop mental health and suicide prevention strategies, the OfS is allocating £15 million of funding. This funding is in addition to the £10 million provided early this year to support student mental health and hardship.
The government is determined that children and young people receive the mental health care they need which is why it has committed to recruit 8500 additional staff across children and adult mental health services.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help improve mental health practice in universities.
Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The department has asked the higher education (HE) Student Support Champion, Professor Edward Peck, to continue to work with students, parents, mental health experts and the HE sector to drive meaningful change in mental health practice through the HE Mental Health Implementation Taskforce.
The Office for Students (OfS) is providing £400,000 of funding to the student mental health charity, Student Minds, to rapidly expand the scale and membership of the University Mental Health Charter Programme. The Programme supports universities to adopt a whole-institution approach to mental health, and also follow a process of continuous improvement to work towards the Charter Award. The University Mental Health Charter is already raising standards within the sector.
The department has appointed academic experts from the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health to undertake a National Review of HE Suicides. It will report findings by spring 2025, ensuring lessons from tragic cases are shared widely across the sector.
In 2024, to support HE providers to engage with the National Review of HE Suicides and develop mental health and suicide prevention strategies, the OfS is allocating £15 million of funding. This funding is in addition to the £10 million provided early this year to support student mental health and hardship.
The government is determined that children and young people receive the mental health care they need which is why it has committed to recruit 8500 additional staff across children and adult mental health services.
Mentions:
1: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) Suicide is the biggest cause of death in men under the age of 50. - Speech Link
2: Siân Berry (Green - Brighton Pavilion) They include student welfare workers, youth workers who are not necessarily involved in youth justice - Speech Link
3: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Dr Spencer), about recognising World Suicide Prevention Day. - Speech Link
Nov. 04 2008
Source Page: Defence instructors handbook. 108 p.Found: is safer not to talk about suicide with someone considering it.
Found: Suicide prevention policy
Found: Suicide prevention: schools and colleges
Mentions:
1: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) Our further education student support champion, Polly Harrow, is driving a strategic approach to supporting - Speech Link
2: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) Student suicide is serious and a concerning matter. - Speech Link
3: Patrick Spencer (Con - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) Given our stratospheric success in PISA—programme for international student assessment—numeracy ratings - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Ross, Douglas (Con - Highlands and Islands) record lows in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s programme for international student - Speech Link
2: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) In September 2022, with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, we published our 10-year suicide - Speech Link
3: Stewart, Alexander (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) The association is seen as possibly the most effective suicide prevention and life-affirming movement - Speech Link
Jul. 08 2024
Source Page: Creating Hope Together – Year 2 Delivery plan (2024-26)Found: which contribute to suicide.