YEREVAN, MAY 26, ARMENPRESS. Student suicides have risen to their highest level since at least 2007, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics, “Armenpress” reports, citing BBC.

These figures - for 2014 - show 130 suicides in England and Wales among full-time students aged 18 or above.

There were 100 deaths by suicide among students in the previous year, with the figures covering all the UK.

It follows warnings last week that half of ambulance call-outs to a university were for self-harm or suicide attempts.

The suicide figures, published by the ONS, show there were 97 deaths by suicide for male students and 33 female students in 2014.

The previous highest figure was 127 in 2010, in England and Wales. ONS figures have recorded student suicides since 2007, when there were 75.

But across the whole age range of the population, young people have the lowest suicide rate. And ONS figures for the UK show that across all ages, for men and women, the suicide rates in 2014 were lower than in 2004, 1994 and 1984.