Fill in AUCC Annual Surveys - Autumn 2007 (Jiscmail password required)
Link to Concluded Pay Questionnaire results at 31/10/2006
Have you visited Student Counselling in UK Universities our other site packed with useful advice for students, their parents, families and friends and others about the support on offer in UK Universities from student counselling services??
Also the newly launched (October 2005)site: www.Studentdepression.org is an excellent resource for students, parents teaching staff and counsellors alike
Chair: Ann Conlon, Kings College London
Co-Chair: Dave Berger, University of Hull
Secretary: Paul Lawrence, Aston University
Treasurer: Pat Hunt, Nottingham University
Exec members: Ann Heyno, University of Westminster
Steve Scott-Marshall, University of Teesside
Sue Steging, University of Ulster
**These pages are available only to members of HUCS and are password protected. Members of HUCS (who are on the HUCS mailbase) can access these pages once they have registered their own password with JISC on www.jiscmail.ac.uk. If you have any problems doing this, please mail Dave Berger for further advice and help.
This site has been assembled for the use of the HUCS
(Heads of University Counselling Services) Group, a special interest group of
the Association for University and College
Counselling Division of the British
Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
We welcome comment and contributions from those involved in the management of all forms of student counselling provision in the UK. We will happily include sites relevant to non-university settings if these are offered.
Contact Point:
From 1 August 2005, the position of HUCS Chair is being shared by Caroline Hall
( York University) and Ann Heyno ( University of Westminster)
For any matters relating to HUCS, please contact the Secretary at the address
below:
Paul Lawrence
University Counselling Service
Aston University
Birmingham
B4 7ET
Tel : 0121 204 4711
e mail: p.lawrence@aston.ac.uk
Please feel free to link this page to your own. We would appreciate being informed of links that are made.
© 2003 RHUL
Last revised 04/10/2007
This is not intended to be a exhaustive list, but rather is a list of sites which individual Heads of Counselling Services have found to be of professional interest. All the sites listed are the properties of independent organisations. The fact that they appear in this list does not imply any recommendation or endorsement of their content by HUCS, AUCC or BACP. If you require a more comprehensive listing, try the index sites listed in general reference below.
National Association of Managers of Student Services A most comprehensive index of links for those working principally in Further Education but with some relevance to Higher Ed.
HERO Higher Education Research Opportunities - A searchable database of high quality HE information - mainly from national sources. A separate student-orientated link library - Studentzone links to many student advice sites.
Sensitive Map of UK Universities and HE Colleges An easy way to locate the web sites of any university or other HE and FE institution.
Association of Managers of Student Services in Higher Education - influential and active organisation that represents and campaigns on behalf of Student Services managers.
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Organisations in the HE Sector
Universities UK (Formerly the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the UK). Several pages dealing with strategic issues facing universities, listing publications and providing a directory of links to HE organisations.
LSC (Learning and Skills Council). Replaced Further Education Funding Council - useful FE related links here.
HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England). Medium sized searchable site, particularly useful for access to summaries on policies in areas such as widening access. Similarly SHEFC (Scottish Higher Education Funding Council); HEFCW (Higher Education Funding Council for Wales).
HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency). Publishes data and has an on-line enquiry facility for those in the ac.uk domain.
QAA (Quality Assurance Agency). News-releases, publication lists and more links.
Student Counselling in UK Universities Our own site packed with useful advice for students, their parents, families and friends and others about the support on offer in UK Universities from student counselling services.
@ease A very user-friendly information gateway for young people to give accesss to mental health information
Ahead 4 Health Comprehensive mental health site for all students hosted by Leeds University
BACP The British Associate for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Computers in Mental Health Note - this is a list of sites for Computers in Mental Health, but not all links from the associated page work as at 2/10/2006 - In particular www.mhrc.cc , which is a key site on the subject noted by BACP in their publication on Online Counselling is not working at present, and may no longer exist. It's also worth looking at: ISMHO and Metanoia
Imperial College Health Centre A large comprehensive site of links relevant to psychology, counselling and student problems. Extremely useful and well edited.
Internet Mental Health Canadian mental health encyclopedia.
Mental Health Foundation UK charity site dealing with mental health problems and learning disabilities.
MIND Generally very informative about mental health issues; particularly recommended for its booklets section where the excellent "How to..." and "Understanding ..." series can be viewed in PDF format
Oxford Brookes On student mental health, including a useful summary of research .
PsychnetUK UK psychological listings. Use this short cut for the counselling psychology section.
Psychweb US equivalent of the above. Also try Psych Central.
Royal College of Psychiatrists Downloadable leaflets with useful further contacts.
Virtual Pamphlet Collection Leaflets from US university counselling services.
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Befrienders Extensive information about depression and suicide in English and basic information about depression and suicide in many other languages.
Computer Viruses A authoritative list of virus hoaxes and a link to a list of real viruses.
Cults Described in a newspaper as 'part of a huge, thorough and aggressively sane data base taking in new religions'.
Data Protection Code of Practice for FE and HE. Short cut to counselling section of Code.
Eating Disorders Association A site with lots of relevant informaton, including information for men with eating difficulties. Sometimes hard to get a link.
Harvard Report on Student Drinking in US An interesting paper on a US Govermental Substance Abuse Site. Alcohol Statistic for UK are available from the IAS.
Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence (now Drugscope) As well as useful general reading, links and an encyclopedia, this site offers a Student Guide.
National Autistic Society Information and links about autistic spectrum conditions including Asperger's syndrome. There is also a site specifically dealing with problems encountered by UK University Students With Autism And Asperger's Syndrome.
Samaritans Help and facts on suicide.
Self-Help Book A
complete, comprehensive and authoritative US psychological self-help book
online.
Skill's website offers useful advice on the Disability Discrimination Act.
This is a small group of experienced practitioners who are available to members for information and consultative support about both counselling practitioner issues and management issues.
The Service is confidential.
Members of the Advisory Service are:
The Service is a sub-committee of AUCC.
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Beyond the Individual: The Roles Offered by University Counselling Services - 2003
Excerpt from Doctoral research by HUCS member Ruth Caleb
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HUCS Survey into Medical, Psychiatric and Counselling provision in HE - 2002
Research undertaken by HUCS in January 2002
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Counselling in Higher Education - 2002
Executive paper by Eileen Smith for Royal College of Psychiatrists' working party
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The Impact of Counselling Services on Student Retention - 2002
Report prepared on behalf of HUCS for submission to the Universities UK Steering Group on Student Retention, June 2002. Included in the report are three examples of good practice.
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AUCC Counselling Service Recognition Scheme
NOTE - this page is retained for historical reasons, and context relevance.
The scheme has now been subsumed into the BACP Service Accreditation Scheme. Contact BACP for details.
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BACP Service Accreditation Scheme
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The impact of increasing levels of psychological disturbance amongst students in Higher Education. March 1999
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