A wellbeing or welfare concern is broadly where there are indicators of risk and/or where there is evidence or a sense that a student is failing to thrive at the College. Friends or tutors may also voice concerns about an individual.
We have listed a few examples here:
- Behaviours which indicate persistent sadness, lack of emotion, excess of emotion, irritability, tenseness or agitation
- Expressing suicidal thoughts
- Behaviour that is very different to usual; if a student becomes more withdrawn or unpredictable
- Behaviours (over time, or in a particular incident) that create valid worries in those around them; peers, College staff etc
- Behaviour that causes valid health and safety concerns within the College; e.g deliberate damage to property or facilities
- Appearing to lack the ability to make decisions or to think through issues logically
- Persistent or regular absences from course activity, and/or a failure to submit work with no prior agreement and failure to respond to communications when this above occurs
- Difficulties maintaining academic and social relationships
- Failure to engage with their course (on campus and online) and with others
- Engaging in harassing behaviour, or being subject to harassment
- Indications they may be at risk of being drawn towards violent extremism
- The student is unwell and there may be insufficient support available to them to engage with their course fully
- At risk of becoming homeless