| Type of Entry: | University guides |
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| Name: | PAPYRUS- Suicide Safer Universities |
| Date added: | 1 May 2020 |
| Delivery type: | Guide |
| Owned by: | Universities UK & Papyrus (UK) |
| Contact: | admin@papyrus-uk.org |
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| Website: | PAPYRUS- Suicide Safer Universities |
| Cost: | No |
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| Target audience: | Teachers / educators |
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| Core Elements |
Universities UK (UUK) and PAPYRUS have published a university guide to help leaders prevent student suicides. The guide includes advice on developing a strategy focused specifically on suicide prevention, covering the following areas:
To download the guide, visit the PAPYRUS - Suicide Safer Universities guide. For more information, please visit the PAPYRUS website. |
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| Supporting Rationale |
At least 95 university students took their own lives in the last academic year. Although new data published by the Office for National Statistics shows that there is a significantly lower rate of student suicide among university students in England and Wales compared with the general population, university leaders have said that there is no room for complacency. |
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The aim of the ZSA Resources is to introduce users to a range of existing and new resources with a connection to supporting people with their mental health, bring awareness to and help prevent incidences of suicide. The ZSA do not endorse individual resources but instead aim to present standardised information to enable the user to make an informed decision over its use.
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Content last updated: 31/10/2022.