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Student Suicide Awareness and Management
Introduction
This guidance document focusses on the preventative strategies and methods that institutions can use to provide postvention interventions for people connected to student deaths by suicide.
According to the Office for National Statistics:
- The suicide rate for higher education students in the academic year ending 2020 in England and Wales was 3.0 deaths per 100,000 students (64 suicide deaths); this is the lowest rate observed over the last four years, although the small numbers per year make it difficult to identify statistically significant differences.
- Between the academic year ending 2017 and the academic year ending 2020, the male suicide rate for higher education students was statistically higher (5.6 deaths per 100,000 students; 202 suicide deaths) compared with female students at 2.5 deaths per 100,000 students (117 suicide deaths); this is in line with the trend seen in the general population where suicide rates are higher amongst males.
- Between the academic year ending 2017 and the academic year ending 2020, higher education students in England and Wales had a significantly lower suicide rate compared with the general population of similar ages.
- When compared with the general population, the suicide rate for higher education students among those aged 20 years and under and those aged 21 to 24 years showed the biggest difference, with the rate in the general population being 2.7 times higher than that in higher education students.
- Between the academic year ending 2017 and the academic year ending 2020, first year undergraduate males had a significantly higher suicide rate at 7.8 deaths per 100,000 students compared with those studying in other years (4.3 deaths per 100,000).
- The stark reality is that suicide is the largest reason for pre- mature deaths in student age groups 18-30 in the UK.
- Students in higher education predominately make up this age group. Leaders of Higher Education Institutions should be considering how suicide prevention strategies, policies and processes are effectively implemented and integrated into all parts of their institute.
Young people are facing many factors that may be contrary to good mental health and wellbeing. Factors include poor mental health; academic pressures or worries; bullying; social isolation; family environment and bereavement; relationship problems; substance misuse; or neglect. Factors can be cumulative over time, and adverse childhood experiences, deprivation, and poor physical health also contribute to the risk of suicide.
Poor mental health and wellbeing certainly impacts on student’s performance and experience of university life. The important support services within institutions not only provide help and support with mental health and wellbeing but may also enable students to succeed in academic achievement and other aspects of university life.
Under the Equalities Act, Higher Education Institutions have responsibilities to ensure reasonable adjustments are made for students. Legal action can be expensive and bring high risks of reputational damage after already tragic events.
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