A student welfare concern is where there are indicators of risk and/or where there is evidence or a sense that a student is struggling to fully engage in University life due to external circumstances.
Concerns may be raised by the student themselves seeking support, or by other students, City St George's staff members or visitors, where there are indications or evidence that the student's welfare is a cause for concern.
Please find below some examples of behaviours or signs which may give cause for concern:
- Persistent sadness, lack of emotion, excess of emotion, irritability, tenseness or agitation.
- Expression of suicidal thoughts.
- Behaviour that is very different to the student's usual behaviour e.g. if a student becomes withdrawn or acts in an unpredictable way.
- Behaviour that causes health and safety concerns within the University setting.
- Inability to make decisions or to to apply logic to issues/problems.
- Persistent or regular absences from teaching activity, and/or a failure to submit work with no prior agreement along with a failure to respond to communications when this occurs.
- Difficulty maintaining academic and social relationships.
- Failure to engage with the study course (on campus and online) and with others.
- Indications that the individual may be at risk of being drawn towards violent extremism.
- In cases where the student is unwell, and there may be insufficient support available to them to ensure they engage fully with their course
- The student appears unkempt, sleep deprived, and/or is not looking after themselves