Data collection periodsĪll HESA records are collected on the basis of the HESA reporting period. The Student record includes those who are (or were) actively following a course at some time during the HESA reporting period. The Student record includes all students registered at HE providers who follow courses that lead to the award of a HE qualification or provider credit (largely a bachelor’s degree (BA/BSc/MB/BDS and so on), a master’s degree (MA, MSc) or higher degree (PhD). The data excludes HE provision at FE colleges in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and also excludes other alternative providers in the sector. All providers are fully subscribed members of HESA who supply the complete Student record. In addition, for the 12 months ending July 2017, data are included for students enrolled on HE-level courses at further education (FE) colleges in Wales (of which there are 1,400 students registered at three FE colleges).
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HESA only collect information for UK publicly-funded higher education institutions plus one alternative provider, the University of Buckingham. What higher education providers are covered by HESA data? The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects, processes, and publishes data about HE in the UK. For those cases without a study end date, the end date of the HESA year was used as an estimate (31 July). Student suicide is defined as those who died by suicide or an event of undetermined intent before or on the end date of their studies and where the death was registered in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics (ONS) did not have access to deaths registered in Scotland or Northern Ireland for this study).
Student suicide definitionįor the purposes of this analysis, a student is defined as a person registered at a higher education (HE) provider in the UK (which reports to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)) and who follows a course that leads to the award of a qualification or HE provider credit. This definition was revised in January 2016 and further information on the impact can be found in the 2014 suicide registrations bulletin. The National Statistics definition of suicide includes all deaths from intentional self-harm for persons aged 10 years and over, and deaths where the intent was undetermined for those aged 15 years and over. Resources are also available online: U can Cope includes a film and resources that are designed for people in distress and those trying to support them, to instil hope, promote appropriate self-help and inform people regarding useful strategies and how they can access help and support Staying safe if you’re not sure life’s worth living includes practical, compassionate advice and many useful links for people in distress.
Samaritans is available round the clock, every single day of the year, providing a safe place for anyone struggling to cope, whoever they are, however they feel, whatever life has done to them. If you are struggling to cope, please call Samaritans on 116 123 (UK and Ireland), email or visit the Samaritans website to find details of the nearest branch.
In particular, the guidelines advise including links to sources of support for anyone affected by the themes in the article. If you are a journalist covering a suicide-related issue, please consider following the Samaritans’ media guidelines on the reporting of suicide (PDF, 1.7MB), due to the potentially damaging consequences of irresponsible reporting. Things you need to know about this release Information for the media The number of suicides in the analysis is lower than previous Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates of student suicides this is likely to be because this analysis focuses on higher education students only, while the ONS previous estimates will cover other students, for example, those in further education.ģ. Male higher education students had a significantly higher rate of suicide compared with female students. The rate of suicide in the 12 months ending July 2017 for higher education students in England and Wales was 4.7 deaths per 100,000 students, which equates to 95 suicides this is higher than in most of the earlier years studied, although the small numbers per year make it difficult to identify statistically significant differences.īetween the 12 months ending July 2013 and the 12 months ending July 2016, higher education students in England and Wales had a significantly lower suicide rate compared with the general population of similar ages.