Download spreadsheet/s and instructions for data collection from academic year 2008-9 (if you missed the Online version and/or wish to submit staff data which  was not included in the 2008-9 online version) and data for Students and Staff for the academic year 2009-10 here. The AUCC Categories of Client Concerns document is also available here for download:

	Aucc Annual Survey 2008-9 Spreadsheet Aucc Annual Survey 2008-9 Spreadsheet .xls Size: 0.09Mb Click the link above to begin downloading AUCC Annual Survey 2008-9 Spreadsheet	ADDED JUL 2010
	Aucc Categories Of Concern 2009 Aucc Categories Of Concern 2009.pdf Size: 0.08Mb Click the link above to begin downloading Latest version of Cats of Concern	ADDED OCT 2010
	Aucc Survey For Data From 2009-10 Aucc Survey For Data From 2009-10.xls Size: 0.09Mb Click the link above to begin downloading Excel spredsheet for entry of data from 2009-10 2	ADDED DEC 2011
	Instructions For Completing Excel Survey Spreadsheets Instructions For Completing Excel Survey Spreadsheets.rtf Size: 0Mb Click the link above to begin downloading Instructions for completing Excel Survey spreadsheets	ADDED JUL 2010

A bit of history: 

AUCC has been conducting a survey/audit of the counselling activity in Further and Higher Education institutions for the past 13 years. Data collection for the academic year 2006-07 was conducted using an online survey facility. Prior to that the survey had been conducted on paper. There is no similar survey that we know of in the UK, and the results have been used over that period to argue for better resources within institutions and to benchmark institutions against the "norms" so demonstrated.

Data is categorised using the AUCC Categories of Client Concerns is now in its third edition (Autumn 2009). It provides a series of 16 general headings and 120 more detailed common issues brought to counselling by students and staff within non-statutory educational institutions. It is available free to download for AUCC members from the Members' Area of this website. Non-members can enquire about purchasing a copy - e-mail: Dave Berger 

The survey was inaugurated by Mark Phippen and Lesley Parker (of Cambridge University Counselling Service), and is now the responsibility of AUCC's Research Sub-Committee, supported by BACP Research department staff. Any comments or queries can be directed to the AUCC Research sub-committee  

Data for the survey is compiled by institutions from their own statistics, and many use one or more of the following:

• a bespoke/tailored database such as "INFORM" (contact Mark Phippen  for details),
• "CORE PC" (for those who use the CORE System to help with Risk Assessment and/or service quality development). There is a users' group for those that use "CORE" - if you would like to join, e-mail unicore-request@jiscmail.ac.uk  
• their own in-house database or spreadsheet application (MS Access, MS Excel etc.).

We actively seek to encourage as many relevant institutions as possible to participate in our surveys whether or not they presently belong to AUCC/BACP.

Data collection for Student and Staff Counselling in the academic years 2008-9 and 2009-10 is currently in progress (Autumn 2010) and will remain "open" till Christmas 2010.

Contact Dave Berger if you need help or have any queries on how to contribute data.

Dave Berger
AUCC Research Sub-Committee

AUCC Annual Survey download

Members can download the following PDF versions of the survey of data from 2006-7on the Members' Area pages of this site (Members' log-in reqired).

Student clients 2006-7; HE Institutions' responses

Student clients 2006-7; FE Institutions' responses

Staff Clients Survey 2006-7; HE Institutions' responses

Staff Clients Survey 2006-7; Responses from Staff Counselling SIG

Staff Clients Survey 2006-7; FE Institutions' Responses