UK universities urged to boost mental health support after student death

Office for Students calls for effective support services after Bristol University found guilty of failings over Natasha Abrahart's suicide

Universities could face immense difficulties" in adjusting their teaching and learning support for students with hidden or emerging disabilities, after a landmark ruling awarded 50,000 in damages to the estate of a student after her suicide.

A judge ruled that the University of Bristol failed to make adjustments to how it assessed Natasha Abrahart's academic work, leading to her suicide in 2018 while in the second year of an undergraduate physics degree.