Bristol University ordered to pay more than £50,000 for discriminating against disability of a student who later killed herself
A university has been told to pay more than £50,000 in damages for discriminating against a student who killed herself in 2018.
Judge Alex Ralton, who heard the case at Bristol County Court, said: "In my judgement there can be no doubt that there was direct discrimination, especially once the university knew or should have known that a mental health disability of some sort was preventing Natasha from performing." He listed occasions when Miss Abrahart, who was described as "hard-working and high-achieving", was given a succession of poor marks - including 0 out of 100 - for failing to attend lab interviews or answering questions at oral assessments poorly.
Before the presentation, known as a laboratory conference, Miss Abrahart had struggled to complete one-on-one interview-based assessments, attending only two out of five. Speaking after the ruling, Miss Abrahart's father Robert, a retired university lecturer from West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, said: "Today, 1,481 days after Natasha took her own life on the day of an assessment she simply couldn't do, after years of protestations from the university that it did all it could to support her, after having battled our way through an inquest and a civil trial, we finally have the truth.
"We hope they will apologise for the role they played in Natasha's death and will take us up on our offer of help."
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