Pressure Vessels II: An Update on Mental Health among Higher Education Staff in the UK. HEPI Policy Note 23

Autor/inn/en	Morrish, Liz; Priaulx, Nicky
Institution	Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) (United Kingdom)
Titel	Pressure Vessels II: An Update on Mental Health among Higher Education Staff in the UK. HEPI Policy Note 23
Quelle	(2020), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Mental Health; Mental Disorders; College Faculty; Higher Education; Professional Personnel; Access to Health Care; Help Seeking; Counseling Services; Occupational Safety and Health; Work Environment; Stress Variables; Gender Differences; School Personnel; Referral; Faculty Workload; Performance; Contracts; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Psychohygiene; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Fakultät; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Personalbestand; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Occupational safety; Arbeitssicherheit; Arbeitsmilieu; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schulpersonal; Achievement; Leistung; Vertrag; Großbritannien
Abstract	The HEPI Occasional Paper, "Pressure Vessels," analysed data obtained from Freedom of Information enquiries of 74 higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK) which employed more than 2,000 staff. The Freedom of Information requests sought information relating to the number of university employees accessing counselling services and referred to occupational health (some in-house services and some via Employee Assistance Programmes), to gain insight into trends from 2009/10 to 2015/16. While "Pressure Vessels" report focused primarily on academic staff, this update draws attention towards a generalised problem for all staff and, in particular, for professional services staff. Professional services staff are often marginalised in discussions about the higher education workforce, despite the significant roles they play. They are also more likely to be vulnerable to restructuring and redundancy. The latest Freedom of Information requests were raised from June to August 2019 and focused on 17 universities. These sought to elicit comparable information, notably staff numbers accessing counselling and referrals to occupational health for the 2016/17 and 2017/18 academic years. The 17 universities in question met a number of criteria for selection. Most of them provided meaningful data on both access to counselling and occupational health referrals, so trends and correlations between them can be mapped. Although more use of such services can sometimes reflect welcome improved access to support, the analysis provides strong support for the claims about the declining mental health of university staff. While comprehensiveness of counselling and occupational health data is the lead consideration, some institutions were of particular interest because of sudden or sustained increases in referrals to occupational health and counselling. [For "Pressure Vessels: The Epidemic of Poor Mental Health among Higher Education Staff, see ED598087.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01