Exeter University failed to make student who died feel wanted, says mother

Harry Armstrong Evans, who is thought to have killed himself, told tutor about mental health concerns, inquest hears

The mother of a University of Exeter student believed to have killed himself after a disastrous" set of exam results has accused academics of failing to make her son feel like he was wanted".

Less than a month before his death last year, Harry Armstrong Evans, 21, told his tutor in an email that isolation during the pandemic had affected his mental health and his performance in his third-year physics and astrophysics exams.

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