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ENOHE Conference 2015
Fit to Study?Policy interventions to handle problem cases
Jean GrierUniversity of Edinburgh
UK
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Cooking up the perfect policy
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Cherry cake or chocolate?The basic ingredients
• Policy?• Procedure?• Guidance?• Regulations?
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The flavour
Supportive?• Part of the ‘support’
facilities made available to students
• Encouragement to work together towards a return
• Ongoing support/awareness after return
Punitive?• Penalties for non-
cooperation• Lead into disciplinary
processes
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One, two, three…?
• Most policies have three stages…
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The basic shape• Procedure driven?
• 1) informal chat• 2) more formal
meeting• 3) referral to a panel
• Structure driven?
• 1) informal Departmental level
• 2) School/Faculty level• 3) University level
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…or behaviour-driven?• 1) emerging concern• 2) continuing concern• 3) acute or serious concern
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Emergency action
• A separate policy, or• The ability to move
straight to ‘stage 3’?
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Interface with other policies
• Disciplinary/conduct?• Emergency/crisis action?• Counselling?• Fitness to practise?• Fitness for practice?• Mitigating
circumstances?• Fit to sit?• Disability support?
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…and interface with external agencies?
• Admissions – see HEOPS http://www.heops.org.uk/
• Professional bodies – e.g. GMC, Law Society, GTC*
• …and of course, your students’ union
• *i.e. think about fitness to practise, fitness for practice
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Other ingredients
• Student’s cooperation needed?
• Third party (typically parental) input?
• Involvement of students’ union in casework
• Return to study – how it is assessed and how it is managed
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…and further stages?
Appeal?• If so, how and to whom?
And external review?• OIA (England and Wales)?• SPSO (Scotland)?• Your regulatory
body/Ombuds service in-country?
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Catering for different tastes – other issues to think about
• When does one person’s ‘reasonable adjustment’ conflict with the reasonable needs/expectations of others?
• How do we support staff caught up in these cases?
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Hot off the press!The Universities UK Good Practice Guide, published 13 Feb 2015
• http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/highereducation/Pages/StudentMentalWellbeingGuide.aspx#.VQWvNZ1FCM8
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The end product
• Clearly thought through• Practical application• Good interface with
other policies• Well understood and
easy to implement• A useful addition to the
student support mechanisms