Natasha Abrahart: Bristol University

The University of Bristol says the ramifications of the judgement against it in the case of a student who took her own life are so huge that is considering ...

In light of that review, it would not be appropriate to comment further on the judgment at the present time,” she added. “Our staff’s efforts also included offering alternative options for Natasha’s assessments to alleviate the anxiety she faced about presenting her laboratory findings to her peers. Natasha had been under the care of Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership at the time of her death, and that NHS Trust has already admitted its care was inadequate.

Parents of Natasha Abrahart argued Bristol failed to make allowances for their daughter's severe anxiety.

The university has argued that it had tried to offer Abrahart alternatives to the oral presentation. Mrs Abrahart said she felt the university was still not listening and called for it to apologise. We blame the university for the role it played in our daughter’s death.” In a document we found on her computer after her death she said: ‘I love the idea of being able to understand (or at least notice) the rules that nature follows.’ Natasha would have made an excellent physicist if only the university hadn’t discriminated against her.” He found the university breached its duties to make reasonable adjustments to the way it assessed Abrahart and treated her unfavourably. Abrahart was one of 11 University of Bristol students to kill themselves in a three-year period between 2016 and 2018.

A judge has ruled Bristol University was not negligent but had engaged in indirect disability discrimination against Ms Abrahart and must pay £50000 in ...

and "why do I find people scary?" The university is considering whether to appeal. These breaches led to her death, Judge Ralton found. In a statement, the university said its whole community had been deeply affected by the tragedy and extended its sympathies to Ms Abrahart's loved ones. In a 46-page written judgement Judge Ralton said: "It is obvious to me that the fundamental purpose of the assessments was to elicit from Natasha answers to questions put to her following the experiments and it is a statement of the obvious that such a process does not automatically require face-to-face oral interaction and there are other ways of achieving the same." Natasha Abrahart, 20, was found dead in her flat in April 2018, the day before she was due to take part in a group presentation to staff and students in a 329-seat lecture theatre as part of her physics course.

When physics student Natasha Abrahart was unable to complete academic tasks because of her deteriorating mental health, she was given ever-lower grades.

A judge has ruled Bristol University discriminated against Natasha, 20, who took her own life in 2018 | ITV News West Country.

In light of that review, it would not be appropriate to comment further on the judgment at the present time.” "Our staff’s efforts also included offering alternative options for Natasha’s assessments to alleviate the anxiety she faced about presenting her laboratory findings to her peers. However, it is important that students receive appropriate specialist care under the NHS should they need it. When life is difficult, Samaritans are here – day or night, 365 days a year. She was 20 years old. They added the School of Physics - where Natasha was studying - worked "incredibly hard and diligently" to support her.

The 20-year-old physics student took her own life in April 2018, two months after she had been diagnosed with chronic social anxiety disorder. Her body was ...

We hope they will apologise for the role they played in Natasha’s death and will take us up on our offer of help.” “Our staff’s efforts also included offering alternative options for her assessments to alleviate the anxiety she faced about presenting her laboratory findings to her peers. She had made university staff aware that she was struggling and experiencing anxiety and panic attacks in relation to oral assessments that formed part of a laboratory module. The institution has also been ordered to pay damages of £50,518. “The University of Bristol broke the law and exposed our daughter to months of wholly unnecessary psychological trauma, as she watched her grades plummet, and her hopes for the future crumble before her eyes.” The mother of Natasha Abrahart said she hopes that the University of Bristol will “finally take its head out of the sand” after it was found to have breached the law in its treatment of her daughter.