FOI: bereavement services

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Dear New College, Oxford,

I am e-mailing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

If you have any questions or need clarification to complete my request, I would be grateful if you could contact me prior to the deadline of 20 working days from receiving my request.

I’m looking for information regarding the bereavement services which are available in your university or college. Please could you answer the following:

+Do you offer special provisions for counselling services for students specific to bereavement? Y/N
+Do you offer any support or counselling services for students? Y/N
+Do you have an institution wide policy/guidance regarding caring for students following a bereavement? Y/N
+Do your policies or practices exclusively relate to support for students who have lost parents or does your support factor in other forms of bereavement, such as losing a sibling?
+Can you tell me what special provision you have for offering extensions and academic breaks in study after a bereavement?
+How much money did you allocate to counselling and support services for bereavement per year (Jan 2016-Jan 2019)?
+If you feel you would like to offer an opinion, would you say your institution feels you are offered enough from the Government in order to support students who have experienced bereavement while studying?

I understand that under the Act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 working days. I would be grateful if you could confirm via e-mail that you have received this request.

Regards,
Georgia Coan + Poppy Damon
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Yours faithfully,

Poppy Damon

David Palfreyman, New College, Oxford

Dear Poppy and Georgia

 

Please find below New College’s responses (in bold) to your recent FOI
request:

 

+Do you offer special provisions for counselling services for students
specific to bereavement? Y/N

 

Yes

+Do you offer any support or counselling services for students? Y/N

 

Yes

+Do you have an institution  wide policy/guidance regarding caring for
students following a bereavement? Y/N

 

Yes

+Do your policies or practices exclusively relate to support for students
who have lost parents or does your support factor in other forms of
bereavement, such as losing a sibling?

 

Policies and practices include all forms of bereavement, including family
members and other students in college

+Can you tell me what special provision you have for offering extensions
and academic breaks in study after a bereavement? 

 

Aside from compassionate leave, all students can consider suspending
studies

+How much money did you allocate to counselling and support services for
bereavement per year (Jan 2016-Jan 2019)?

 

Not possible to break this out, since counselling and support services are
paid for with a fixed sum and the services made available as needed

+If you feel you would like to offer an opinion, would you say your
institution feels you are offered enough from the Government in order to
support students who have experienced bereavement while studying?

 

No opinion

With kind regards,

 

David Palfreyman, OBE, FRSA, MA, MBA, LLB

Bursar and Fellow

New College, Oxford, OX1 3BN

 

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