University student mental health counsellor meetings statistics: FOI release

Information requested

As of 01 September 2018 to 30 June 2019, how many undergraduate and postgraduate students have a monthly meeting with a university mental health counsellor at the (i) University of St. Andrews (ii) University of Glasgow (iii) University of Aberdeen (iv) University of Edinburgh (v) University of Strathclyde (vi) Heriot-Watt University (vii) University of Dundee (viii) University of Stirling (ix) Edinburgh Napier University (x) Robert Gordon University (xi) Glasgow Caledonian University (xii) Abertay University (xiii) Queen Margaret University (xiv) University of the West of Scotland (xv) University of the Highlands and Islands?

As of 01 September 2019 to 30 June 2020, how many undergraduate and postgraduate students have a monthly meeting with a university mental health counsellor at the (i) University of St. Andrews (ii) University of Glasgow (iii) University of Aberdeen (iv) University of Edinburgh (v) University of Strathclyde (vi) Heriot-Watt University (vii) University of Dundee (viii) University of Stirling (ix) Edinburgh Napier University (x) Robert Gordon University (xi) Glasgow Caledonian University (xii) Abertay University (xiii) Queen Margaret University (xiv) University of the West of Scotland (xv) University of the Highlands and Islands?

As of 01 September 2020 to 30 June 2021, how many undergraduate and postgraduate students have a monthly meeting with a university mental health counsellor at the (i) University of St. Andrews (ii) University of Glasgow (iii) University of Aberdeen (iv) University of Edinburgh (v) University of Strathclyde (vi) Heriot-Watt University (vii) University of Dundee (viii) University of Stirling (ix) Edinburgh Napier University (x) Robert Gordon University (xi) Glasgow Caledonian University (xii) Abertay University (xiii) Queen Margaret University (xiv) University of the West of Scotland (xv) University of the Highlands and Islands?

Response

I attach a copy of some of the information you requested. This is extracted from the annual baseline survey undertaken by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC). The information is collated for academic years and the numbers reflect all students accessing counselling services rather than undergraduate and post graduate students having ‘monthly meeting with a university mental health counsellor’. The University of Stirling return is incomplete for 2020/21. The Scottish Funding Council will require to update the return with data they have received from institutions. You should also note, as the University of Highlands and Islands (UHI) provides both further and higher education, data is collated as part of the college rather than university return. More detailed information at the level you requested may be available from institutions themselves. You will note that the information on four institutions has been redacted as this was not within the scope of your request.

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