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Universities must treat students better, says UK father whose son killed himself
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
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It's a great move, if that's the case, and I hope it is.
The other issue here, of course, is the complexity of each person's circumstances. It's not clear from that article what that person's family relationships were. I wonder what role that played. Where does a family's responsibility end and an educational institution's begin?
Yeah that is very true. I can only speak from my own experience, everyone goes through struggles differently than others. And that article could be true for some unis, especially the one the student in the article went to