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Dear University of Brighton,

Under the Freedom of Information Act please could you provide me with some information about student mental health.

Across the University, what was the number of students, broken down for each academic year between 2008-9 and 2018-19, who intermitted for specifically mental health issues?

Of these students who intermitted, how many each year returned to the University to resume their studies one year after intermitting?

Of these students who intermitted, how many each year never returned to the University to resume their studies?

Please could you also provide me with the number of students, broken down for each academic year between 2008- 9 and 2018- 19, who have accessed counselling services provided by the university. If possible, please provide a breakdown of the types of issue the students are seeking help for.

Please could you provide me with this information in an excel spreadsheet.

If you need any clarification then please do not hesitate to contact me. Under Section 16 it is your duty to provide advice and assistance and so I would expect you to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in any way.

Yours faithfully,

Tilda Coleman

FOI, University of Brighton

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-----Original Message-----
From: Tilda Coleman <[2][FOI #620807 email]>
Sent: 17 November 2019 17:24
To: FOI <[3][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Mental Health

 

Dear University of Brighton,

 

Under the Freedom of Information Act please could you provide me with some
information about student mental health.

 

Across the University, what was the number of students, broken down for
each academic year between 2008-9 and 2018-19, who intermitted for
specifically mental health issues?

 

We do not record intermission by mental health issues – but via the wider
category of health reasons.  That data is presented below :

 

Source: Student Record System (SITS) 18^th November 2019

 

No of
intermissions
Academic for health
year reasons
2008 69
2009 44
2010 29
2011 44
2012 28
2013 69
2014 62
2015 50
2016 52
2017 106
2018 143
TOTAL 696

 

Of these students who intermitted, how many each year returned to the
University to resume their studies one year after intermitting?

 

430 returned to the University to resume their studies one year after
intermitting

 

Of these students who intermitted, how many each year never returned to
the University to resume their studies?

 

202 never returned to the University to resume their studies

remaining 64 still within agreed period of intermission

 

Please could you also provide me with the number of students, broken down
for each academic year between 2008- 9 and 2018- 19, who have accessed
counselling services provided by the university. If possible, please
provide a breakdown of the types of issue the students are seeking help
for.

See attached

 

Please could you provide me with this information in an excel spreadsheet.

 

If you need any clarification then please do not hesitate to contact me.
Under Section 16 it is your duty to provide advice and assistance and so I
would expect you to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in
any way.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Tilda Coleman

 

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