New guidance asks staff to share concerns with 'trusted contacts', even without the student's consent.
64 students killed themselves in England and Wales in the 2019-20 academic year.
James Murray was not warned of his son Ben's deteriorating mental health while he was at the University of Bristol. Ben killed himself in May 2018."Why on Earth wasn't I called? Maybe I could have done something," James told BBC News. "This is not about meddling parents. The overall goal is the prevention of future deaths within the student community," he said.
But he said: "There isn't a legal framework for that for universities, for [their] students, in terms of mental health."Since Ben's death, the University of Bristol has introduced an "opt-in" programme now used at about 30 universities, including UEA.