What can BNU do?

Reporting and Seeking Support
 Our platform offers a confidential reporting system where students can report incidents related to thoughts of suicide. You have the option to report anonymously or request support from an advisor who can guide you through the available resources and support services. We encourage you to reach out and seek the help you need. Remember, you are not alone in this journey.

 

What to Do in an Emergency:
If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, it's important to act swiftly. Contact emergency services right away by calling 999 (or 112 from a mobile phone) to ensure immediate assistance.
 

The mental health provision is designed to support high risk, complex needs service users and can provide initial crisis response during office hours. Once a student is triaged into the mental health provision with thoughts of suicide, the mental health advisers will do a formal risk assessment with the student and based on the level of risk, signpost them to the needed external agencies i.e. 999,111, GP or a mental health support team. Alongside an external referral, based on the needs assessment for the student, the mental health provision also creates Intervention Plans for the students which include Safety Planning and internal supports that can be made available to the student to help them cope with university life especially when they are struggling with thoughts of suicide. Internal referrals would usually include signposting to the following teams: Disabilities and Inclusion Service, Safeguarding Team and Counselling Service. The mental health provision continues to liaise with both external and internal teams to continue supporting the student until they deem the learner to be safe at which point the learner is discharged from their provision. If the learner needs support at a later stage, they can get in touch with their mental health adviser for additional support. 

 

Making the journey through higher education can be hard sometimes. Our university’s counselling service offers professional counselling with accredited counsellors. The counselling service provides with a short-term counselling support for our students with the option of referring themselves again in case of an additional need. Counselling can help with Stress, Depression and/or Anxiety and other mental health conditions, difficulties with a bereavement process, a challenging life event, for example, a relationship breakdown or work stress, challenging feelings or emotions, such as anger or low self-confidence, and individuals who want to explore their identity, for example, sexual/gender identity or cultural identity. 

Student Hub

The student hub comprises of several supports offered to our students. There is a wider wellbeing team which helps students with basic daily concerns presenting in university life. They provide key information and help on many university services. The financial support team shares information on a range of bursaries, scholarship and funds available to support a wide variety of our students.

Students' Union Advice Centre
The Advice Centre are there to listen to, advise and support students by providing a professional, independent and confidential service, which is accessible and welcoming. 

Togetherall 
Online Support Service. Free to all students at any time of the day or night, you can get support anonymously, take control and feel better.

 

This 'How can I help myself' resource at MIND is very helpful for those who want to find ways of self-support i.e. identifying patterns of self-harm and finding alternative ways of coping for themselves.