Counselling Services
Dear University of St Andrews,
Please treat this as a Freedom of Information Request.
Could you please send me information as to -
1. How many students have used the student councilling services between each of the four academic years of 2012-13 and 2015-2016?
2. Please send a breakdown by gender for each year.
3. Please send a breakdown by year of study for each year.
4. Please send statistics as to how many students have sought help through the university for the following issues between each of the four academic years of 2012-13 and 2015-2016? -
4.1 -Self-harm
4.2 Eating Disorders
4.3 Depression and anxiety disorders
4.4 Substance Abuse (drug/alcohol)
4.5 Other Mental Health Issues
5. If you have a record of how many students received student councilling in the calendar year 2016-2017 then please provide this information.
6. Please send a breakdown by gender for the calendar year 2016-2017 if this is available.
7. Please send a breakdown by year of study for the calendar year 2016-2017 if this is available.
8. Please send statistics as to how many students sought help through the university for the following issues between the calendar years 2016-2017.
8.1 -Self-harm
8.2 Eating Disorders
8.3 Depression and anxiety disorders
8.4 Substance Abuse (drug/alcohol)
8.5 Other Mental Health issues
9. Lastly, please tell me what suicide prevention strategy the university currently has in place, if any.
You may want to refer to the University of Aberdeen's response to my FOI request for a simple way to send the data. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c... Please note, questions 5-8 for the University of Aberdeen were slightly different.
Thank you for your time and help.
Yours faithfully,
Simone Kelly
Dear Ms Kelly,
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Our Ref: 61-18
Thank you for your email below of 14 February, 2018 in which you requested
information concerning the University's Counselling Services.
The University will endeavour to respond to your request as quickly as
possible. In any event you will receive a response within the time set for
compliance, as prescribed in section 10 of the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 i.e. no later than 14 March, 2018.
It may prove necessary for the University to seek further clarification
from you, to assist it in identifying and locating the information
requested. If this is the case either I or one of my colleagues will write
to you in this respect. If clarification is required we will seek this at
the earliest opportunity.
In the meantime, should you have any questions about your information
request please do not hesitate to contact me. Please quote Ref number
61-18 in any future correspondence in this connection.
Yours sincerely,
June
June Weir
Information Assurance and Governance Officer
Office of the Principal
University of St Andrews
Butts Wynd Building
Butts Wynd
St Andrews KY16 9AJ
Fife, Scotland
Tel: +44 (0)1334 462776
The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland: No
SC013532
Dear Ms Kelly,
Please find attached the University’s response to your request below for
information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Yours sincerely,
June
June Weir
Information Assurance and Governance Officer
Office of the Principal
University of St Andrews
Butts Wynd Building
Butts Wynd
St Andrews KY16 9AJ
Fife, Scotland
Tel: +44 (0)1334 462776
The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland: No
SC013532
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