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Contents

1. Guidance and frameworks
Practical information for university staff who are involved in student support.
2. Case studies
How other providers have approached the problem, and what they learned.

Guidance and frameworks

  • Clinical governance for mental health services

    Newcastle University

    This clinical governance guidance, published by the University Mental Health Advisers Network, was adapted from a document originally produced by Dr Lucy Robinson as part of the Mental Health Challenge Competition project led by Newcastle University.

  • SPEQs toolkit

    The University of the West of England, Bristol

    Led by the University of Sheffield and University College London, as part of the Student Mental Health Partnerships project led by UWE Bristol, The Student Services Partnerships Evaluation and Quality Standards (SPEQS) toolkit is a practical toolkit for service managers and practitioners striving to develop partnerships to respond to diverse student mental health needs.

Case studies

  • Mental health analytics: An innovative approach to understanding students’ wellbeing

    Northumbria University

    This project used innovative integration of technology, advanced educational data analytics, student relationship management and student support to develop understandings of student mental health needs. It offered early intervention by way of 'nudges' that signposted appropriate service support.

  • Suicide prevention and data analytics

    Northumbria University

    This project aimed to develop and enable mental health analytics (MHA) to evidence student mental health needs. It used these analytics to offer early intervention via ‘nudges’ that were targeted, carefully crafted email communications to students which signposted appropriate support.

  • Improving student mental health through partnerships

    University of Liverpool

    This project worked to develop a sustainable framework for an integrated approach between universities and the NHS. It offered seamless referral pathways and, supported by a clear risk management strategy, shared protocols that clearly specified the responsibilities of partner agencies.

  • Collaborative approaches between higher education and the NHS to support student mental health

    University of the West of England, Bristol

    To improve student support for students, this project established partnerships between higher education providers and the NHS in five cities. It developed a toolkit of practical advice to assist other regions in developing similar partnerships.

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