Lost Voices.
Every dot represents a life.
Phoebe, 20
Newcastle University
“I won't give up on this for as long as I live - for Phoebe and to save lives. There is no law at our Unis - thy can say/do what they like. They had my mobile but didn't phone me.”
- Hilary, Phoebe’s Mother
Oskar, 21
Sheffield Hallam University
"Our son did not come to Sheffield to die, he came to learn skills and to meet friends. Oskar is not able to put his side of the story over, so as his parents it is our duty to give him a voice."
- Maxine, Oskar’s Mother
Romy, 21
University of Edinburgh
“I tell all my friends: don’t send your child to university and think they will be taken care of. Don’t rely on the university to do that.”
- Libby, Romy’s Mother
Natasha, 20
University of Bristol
"Although the judge in our case found that the university caused Natasha’s death by discriminating against her, he said he couldn’t find that the university was negligent because it didn’t owe Natasha a ‘common law duty of care’"
- Bob, Natasha’s Father
Theo, 21
University of East Anglia
"Despite using all the university’s preferred and promoted systems, despite his emails, despite their observations of his poor mental and physical state, despite their knowledge of his poor attendance and academic struggle, the university failed together in acting to help Theo, or to inform those who could help Theo to get well."
- Esther, Theo's Mother
Naseeb, 21
Leeds Beckett University
"The University neglected our son over a period of five months, did not provide any support when Naseeb reached an academic crisis, and failed to adequately risk-assess him shortly before he died when Naseeb asked for counselling. Without a Statutory Duty of Care to HE students, we cannot hold the University to account for negligence."
- Balwant, Naseeb's Mother
Anu, 21
Leeds Trinity University
“Anu's death should not have happened. We are no longer prepared to continue to allow our children to be at the mercy of institutions that do not value their lives. We will not grieve silently and allow those that caused Anu to take such a devastating action, to walk away without being held accountable.”
- Anu’s Parents
Harry, 21
University of Exeter
“I can’t forgive them for not seeing that Harry’s marks had plunged that much and he needed help. He probably felt it was the end of the world […] They assumed that because he was quiet he wouldn’t have wanted to be contacted. Someone should have checked how he was.”
- Alice, Harry’s Mother
Lucy, 22
Liverpool John Moores University
"I can't bring her back, all I can do in her memory is make sure other families don't go through this hell. I wasn't given a chance to help. I gave birth to her and brought her up single-handedly. I didn't send her to university to die. It’s as simple as that."
- Liz , Lucy’s Mother
Mared, 21
Cardiff University
"Mared had a message saying she'd failed, then later we were told she hadn't failed. To be informed that you can't progress, with no contact from the university, would have been awful for anyone, let alone a 21-year-old student.”
- Mared’s Parents
Ceara, 19
University of Liverpool
“At every turn, she was failed. I can’t imagine how frightening that must have been for her..”
- Lorraine, Ceara’s Mother
Jos, 21
Brunel University London
“"People need to know that they [universities] don’t give a monkeys. They don’t want to know. Jos is just another statistic, but something needs to be done. This has destroyed us.I don’t know how many parents have to go through this.”
- Mark, Jos’ Father
Matthew, 21
Southampton University
“The looming results day would have been a 'ticking time bomb' for Matthew, as he had seen a 'big drop off' in his score.”
- Stuart, Matthew’s Father
Alex, 21
Nottingham Trent University
“ Nottingham Trent knew that Alex was struggling academically, we of course had no idea. He stopped communicating with the university a month before he took his own life. His University told him he had failed by email! Had we known I might not be writing this now! I will always believe that!.”
- Valerie, Alex’s Mother
Carl, 20
University of Nottingham
“Carl deferred his January exams and he was never contacted by his personal or course tutors at the University of Nottingham. He became more depressed and none of his friends or family knew of his desperation or his reasons to leave.
“There will be an answer, Let it be, Let it be ”
- Hilary, Carl’s Mother
Carl’s story >