On Tuesday 13 January 2026, Members of the UK Parliament debated whether a statutory duty of care should be introduced for English higher education providers.
Bob Abrahart has published an article reaffirming the need for a statutory duty of care for universities. He uses a case from the United States to illustrate his example.
This session provides an overview of some key legal, procedural and practical considerations that arise for higher education providers when dealing with a student death, including by suspected suicide.
AUCSO (Association of University and Colleges Security Officers) has published a benchmark report sharing security operations across the UK, Ireland, and international higher education.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published data about the number of suicides among higher education students in England and Wales between August 2016 and July 2023.
The NCVPP (National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection) has published a series of resources universities can use to raise awareness of spiking amongst their student communities for spiking intensification week
In this session, Uwill explored the unique mental health and wellbeing needs of the new generation of UK university students with a focus on out of hours and crisis support.
In this session, the University of Westminster and Mills & Reeve explored the legal obligations universities have to reduce the risk of student death, particularly relating to mental health, and examined practical approaches to risk management, incident response, and inter-agency collaboration, guided by legal experts and university practitioners.
On Wednesday 21 May 2025, as part of HEMHIT (Higher education mental health implementation taskforce), the UK Department for Education (DfE) published the national review of student suicide deaths.
On Wednesday 21 May 2025, as part of HEMHIT (Higher education mental health implementation taskforce), the UK Department for Education (DfE) published the national review of student suicide deaths.
Emma Maslin (Senior Policy and Research Officer) helps members understand and respond to policy changes in the higher education sector that impact the work of Student Services. Here’s Emma’s update about current policy priorities for summer 2024.
On 10 July 2024 EHRC (The Equality and Human Rights Commission) published an advice note for the higher education sector following the legal case of University of Bristol vs Abrahart. Here's a summary.
This session explores the development of a Trusted Emergency Contact option at enrolment to support interventions with students who have disengaged from their studies or are at risk.
On 16 May 2023 AMOSSHE Chair Jill Stevenson (Dean of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and Director of Student Services, University of Stirling) gave evidence on behalf of AMOSSHE members to the House of Commons Petitions Committee about a statutory duty of care for higher education students.
On 24 February 2023 Sam Boyle (Senior Policy and Research Officer, AMOSSHE) attended the AMOSSHE Winter Conference: thriving under pressure in Bath, which explored how to deliver high-quality services in response to high demand and high expectations.