@ncish.bsky.social were appointed by the Department for Education to conduct an independent national review of suspected suicides in HE students. The aim was to promote learning from incidents, identify broad lessons around mental ill-health & suicide in HE students & to help prevent future deaths.

The report from our national review of higher education student suicide deaths was published today. sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/report... Read about our findings with comments from Prof Sir Louis Appleby and Dr Cathryn Rodway here: @manchester.ac.uk www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/b...

The Today programme featured Manchester research into support provided to bereaved families of students thought to have died by suicide. ‪Features research by @proflappleby.bsky.social sky.social and Cathryn Rodway. Listen from 13:18 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Finally watched #NickelBoys, disturbing story of racial injustice, based on real events, imaginatively told. From Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer winning novel. Nominated for this year’s Best Film #Oscar. Should have won, IMHO.

Suicide by young people should never be a slogan or a campaigning point. It is the devastating reality for 200 families/year in England.

Beautiful day at Llyn Llywenan on #Anglesey. Star species: Red kite 3 whimbrel 7 species of warbler - Cetti’s, reed, sedge & willow warblers, whitethroat, blackcap & chiffchaff. #biodiversity @angbirdnews.bsky.social

Llyn Llywenan on #Anglesey at its best today. Snow goose 70+ whimbrels 2 otters Green veined white butterfly Male marsh harrier, common sandpiper, countless warblers. #Biodiversity @angbirdnews.bsky.social

Graphs showing no change can still tell important stories. New real time suicide figs from @OHID suggest little change since start of 2022. Adding to evidence the 2023 rise reported by ONS last year was an artefact of how deaths are registered.

Great time of year at Llyn Llywenan, birds arriving for summer or passing through. Star species today: 3 swifts - my first of 2025 2 common sandpipers (photo) 2 whimbrel 6 species of warbler inc Sedge (another 1st this year) & Cetti’s @angbirdnews.bsky.social

Reminder that claims about suicide by trans young people are dangerous. Alarming rhetoric, unevidenced claims, lurid language - they carry risk. Vital message that we should all sign up to: support is available.

We should all be concerned about mental health of young people whose distress is expressed through gender identity. But they need reassurance re the #SupremeCourt judgment, not alarming rhetoric. Not hostility & prejudice but support. And the best mental health care we can offer.

There are so many fantastic wildlife sites across UK, like RSPB Marshside on Lancs coast today. Star species: Large numbers of avocets - photo, with greenshank. Spoonbill. Spotted redshank. Grasshopper warbler. #biodiversity

Extraordinary health care episode in new series of #BlackMirror. Such an inventive programme. Spoiler alert & TW: the ending is bleak.

Surely the question to any politician is about reading the evidence, not watching Netflix. Or at least hearing from people who work in the field. No disrespect to the makers of #Adolescence.

New suicide figs from ONS make it likely there was no increase in 2023. It was more likely an effect of when deaths were registered. Media & campaign groups highlighted this “increase”. Undermining efforts by countless committed people. None has yet acknowledged it probably isn’t true.

Great wildlife on #Anglesey earlier this week: Mediterranean gulls at the lagoon at Cemlyn Bay. Cattle egrets in flooded field at Valley. White fronted goose, a visitor from Siberia, at Cors Ddyga reserve. Grey seals off shore at Cemlyn. #biodiversity

Changing seasons this week at Llyn Llywenan on #Anglesey. Scaup, unusual wintering duck, turned up on 7/4 (photo), common sandpiper also. Red kite, marsh harrier & Cetti’s warbler on 6/4 And my 1st sand martin & swallow of 2025. @angbirdnews.bsky.social

New suicide data for England just published, updated to cover all of 2024. But the most revealing figures are about the much-discussed rise in 2023. Because it probably didn’t happen. Short 🧵 & TW. ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

New national figs on suicide/self-harm & sexual orientation published this week by @ONS. Rates 2-3 times higher in “LGB+” groups based on responses in Census. Raised risk varies by age, sex & ethnicity. ons.gov.uk/releases/selfh…