Counselling for students
Dear De Montfort University,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you provide me with the number of students who have accessed counselling services provided by the university for each of the past three academic years (2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17).
If possible, please provide a breakdown by the type of issue the students are seeking help for.
Yours faithfully,
Claire Miller
08th Nov
I am DMU on leave until the 9th Nov. If you require an urgent response,
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Fraser Marshall
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Hi
Any update on when a response will be sent to this request as it is very overdue.
Thanks
Claire
Thank you for your email.
Friday 2 February 2018
I am away from the university, returning on Monday 5 February 2018, if
your enquiry is urgent please contact Mary Barrett ([email address]).
Thank you.
Justine Asquith
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Dear Madam,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000-INFORMATION REQUEST
Your request for information has been considered under the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act and the information is below.
DMU students attending counselling: Presenting problems
Notes: Students can present with multiple issues, so may appear in more
than one category. In short-term counselling, finding a focus is
particularly important and that could mean working on some issues and not
others. These are the problem areas identified at an initial
counselling appointment. They range in severity from mild to severe.
The time period is 01/07 to 30/06 for each year.
Year 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17
Number of referrals 739 870 687
Problem area (number of students for whom this 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17
is an issue)
Addictions 10 6 16
Anxiety/Stress 464 544 404
Bereavement/Loss 120 156 132
Child Protection (added 2016/17) Not known Not known 8
Cognitive/Learning 103 126 84
Depression 310 389 301
Eating disorder 32 41 28
Interpersonal/relationship 294 302 245
Living/Welfare 154 188 103
Personality Problems 21 49 32
Physical problems 9 44 41
Psychosis 10 13 6
Self esteem 278 366 238
Sexual assault (added 2016/17) Not known Not known 25
Trauma/Abuse 80 109 97
Work/academic 298 295 207
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might like to know that the University’s website [1]www.dmu.ac.uk contains
a section on the Freedom of Information Act that lists other publications
readily available from the University under its Publication Scheme.
Yours sincerely,
Fraser Marshall
Information Governance Manager
Information Technology & Media Services
DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
T: +44 (0) 116 257 7655
E: [2][email address]
W: dmu.ac.uk
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