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Natasha Abrahart: Bristol University considering appeal after judge's ... (Bristol Live)

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.

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Bristol University found guilty of failings over death of student (The Guardian)

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.

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Statement: court judgement in relation to Natasha Abrahart's death (University of Bristol)

The family of Natasha Abrahart, a 20-year-old Physics student who very sadly took her own life in April 2018, brought a civil action against the University ...

We are very grateful to them for their endeavours on Natasha's behalf and for their unwavering commitment to our students. In light of that review, it would not be appropriate to comment further on the judgment at the present time. This was despite the absence of a disability summary.

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Natasha Abrahart: Bristol University found guilty of discrimination (Channel 4 News)

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

Bristol University found to have breached legal duties over Natasha ... (Bristol24/7)

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.

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Natasha Abrahart suicide: Bristol University 'should acknowledge ... (BBC News)

The parents of a physics student who killed herself are asking her university to acknowledge its problems after winning a civil claim.

He father Robert said: "Natasha was wonderful. She had been asked to give a group presentation. "She had coping strategies and when she finally got to her second year in Bristol, the coping strategies didn't work.

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Natasha Abrahart: Parents awarded £50000 damages from Bristol ... (The Times)

The parents of an undergraduate with severe anxiety who took her own life have successfully sued one of the country's top universities for failing in its ...

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Natasha Abrahart suicide: University discriminated against student (BBC News)

A judge rules the University of Bristol failed to make adjustments for her social anxiety disorder.

"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. "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." In a 46-page written judgement, he found the university had breached its duties to make reasonable adjustments to the way it assessed Miss Abrahart and treated her unfavourably because of the consequences of her disability.

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Natasha Abrahart suicide: Bristol University 'should acknowledge ... (BBC News)

The parents of a physics student who killed herself are asking her university to acknowledge its problems after winning a civil claim.

He father Robert said: "Natasha was wonderful. She had been asked to give a group presentation. "She had coping strategies and when she finally got to her second year in Bristol, the coping strategies didn't work.

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