You can find the report here:
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/report...

We have also produced an infographic and short video summarising our key findings:
documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx...
youtu.be/jO1Urvuu_k8

Our conclusions and recommendations to help prevent future deaths are focused on (1) safety concerns, (2) suicide prevention within university systems, (3) amendments to the UUK/PAPYRUS/Samaritans guidance, and (4) safety messages for the wider system

Most reports identified learning to reduce risk of further incidents centred around:
-access to support
-info sharing & communication
-risk recognition & management
-improving info systems
-pastoral care
-staff training & guidance
-confidentiality & access to student info

For this national review, we examined serious incident reviews of suspected suicide by HE students, conducted by HE providers in line with guidance published by @universities-uk.bsky.social. You can view this guidance here tinyurl.com/ksjebwsx

Martin did brilliantly well with some extremely tough questions, passed with flying colours, and then he and his family hosted a superb celebratory dinner afterwards.

Congratulations Martin!

Under the Norwegian system, Martin had to ‘defend’ his thesis publicly in the presence of family, friends and colleagues under questioning from Nav and the second opponent Professor Johan Bjørngaard, overseen by the wonderful chair of the committee Professor Ingrid Havnes.

Important findings included patterns of service use prior to suicide (with frequent opportunities to intervene) and the role of self-harm - all published in high quality peer reviewed papers.

Last week, our Director Professor Nav Kapur travelled to the University of Oslo to meet colleagues and examine Martin Myhre’s PhD which used data from the surveillance database. Martin’s thesis focussed on suicide occurring in the context of substance use disorders.

Our annual report is available in alternative formats, including:
- the full report (PDF)
- online, interactive report
- easy read version (also available in Welsh)
- infographic
- service user infographic (also available in Welsh)
sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/report...

We heard about the need to adapt frameworks to reflect different racial & cultural experiences, the importance of equitable, culturally sensitive, personalised assessment & care, issues on the quality of ethnicity data, research on ethnicity, self-harm and suicide, and lived experience perspectives.