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Suicide-safer universities provides guidance for universities on preventing student suicide. We first published it in 2018 with PAPYRUS, the UK's national charity on preventing young suicide. 

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There are two versions of the guidance, one aimed at university leaders and one sector practitioners.

The guidance includes advice on developing a strategy focused specifically on suicide prevention, covering the following areas:

  • steps to prevent student suicide
  • intervening when students get into difficulties
  • best practice for responding to student suicides
  • case studies on approaches to suicide prevention through partnership working
  • checklist highlighting steps university leaders can take to make their communities safe
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