Bringing rape crisis support onto campus: partnership in practice

12pm – 12.25pm GMT, 18 November 2026 ‐ 25 mins

Presentation

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Speakers

Tony Kane

Mental Health Strategy, Training & Partnerships Manager, University of Strathclyde

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Sean McCann

Deputy Head of Wellbeing, Clinical Lead for the Counselling Service, University of Strathclyde

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Tony Kane

Mental Health Strategy, Training & Partnerships Manager, University of Strathclyde

Tony Kane is Deputy Head of Service for Disability & Wellbeing at the University of Strathclyde. His career has spanned inpatient and community mental health services, health and fitness, and primary care, where he spent three years managing community link workers across Deep End GP practices.

Tony co-chairs the national suicide prevention network for universities and colleges and leads the implementation of Strathclyde’s Suicide Prevention Strategy. His work focuses on translating strategy into meaningful day-to-day practice, strengthening external partnerships, and improving support and outcomes for students and staff.

He has a particular interest in organisational culture and believes that sustainable strategies are built not simply through policies and action plans, but through the culture, relationships and behaviours that underpin them. Tony is passionate about bringing people and organisations together, learning across sectors and developing practical approaches that make a tangible difference to university communities.

Sean McCann

Deputy Head of Wellbeing, Clinical Lead for the Counselling Service, University of Strathclyde

Sean McCann is Deputy Head of Wellbeing and Clinical Lead for the Counselling Service at the University of Strathclyde. He is an accredited psychotherapist with BABCP and COSCA, an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), and teaches part-time at the University of Glasgow and The Open University.

At Strathclyde, Sean has a particular interest in trauma-informed practice, recovery, prevention and early intervention, and the development of effective partnerships to support student wellbeing. He has been involved in the development of the University’s partnership with specialist sexual violence support services and is currently helping to develop Strathclyde’s wider public health approach to student and staff wellbeing. He is also a member of SCOTSMART and SMARTEN.

Sean’s career has spanned addiction, recovery, trauma and student mental health. He previously worked with Forth Valley Alcohol and Drug Partnership, where he was involved in developing the Forth Valley recovery community, before working as a trauma therapist with Combat Stress.