As a student of the University of Essex, we want you to be reassured about the University’s commitment to your health, wellbeing, and academic success. Many students receive support whilst completing their studies and we encourage all students to access support from the earliest opportunity, be that from the University or from external services.
The Study and Wellbeing Intervention Policy and Procedure provides a framework to support you during your studies when it appears that your health and wellbeing are either disrupting or having a detrimental impact on you or on the people around you.
There may be times when the University becomes concerned about whether you are sufficiently well to be able to achieve your best, or whether you are compromising the ability of people around you to achieve their best. There may also be times when continuing to study may have a detrimental effect on you and your health. At times like this, where your health and wellbeing is the main consideration, the University may use this procedure to help us work with you to decide what to do. For example, in a situation where your actions have a negative impact on you or on the wellbeing of those around you, we recognise the need to be balanced in our response, including where the reported action may be linked to mental health difficulties, psychological or emotional distress or neurological conditions.
We will seek to offer reasonable support and adjustment during your studies to enable you to make your own decisions about your progress. In determining whether the University should engage with you under the terms of this procedure w consider the context, circumstances, and risk of the situation as it applies to your health and wellbeing, or the effect of your actions on other people around you.
As set out in our Study and Wellbeing Intervention Policy and Procedure, application of this procedure can begin at any stage as appropriate to the presenting circumstances. Each case will be considered against a fair test, assessing the risk to yourself and/or others: have your actions adversely impacted on, or are they likely to impact on your health or wellbeing, the health or wellbeing of others around you, or the learning and/or living environment at the University.