‘I didn’t send my daughter to university to die – there were so many lost red flags’

Like all parents, Liz de Oliveira sent her son to college in the hope that he would pursue his dreams. Only his brilliant young daughter never came home. In 2017, Lucy de Oliveira was 22 when she took her own life in her bedroom while studying for a pediatric nursing degree at Liverpool John Moores. Liz says her daughter’s death was preventable, which is why she and 25 other parents are calling on the government to introduce a statutory care requirement for students at universities across the country. The mum-of-two…

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Nine FSU students to study and teach around the world after earning Fulbright scholarships – Florida State University News

From the left. Top: Michelle Perez, Denisha Campbell, Tessa Santner. Middle Row: Miguel Gonzalez, Rachel Neale, Arria Hauldin. Bottom: Caitlin Mims, Rachel Blankenship, Mia Hernandez. Nine current and former Florida State University students have been awarded scholarships through the prestigious Fulbright U.S. student program. Winners include graduate and undergraduate students and represent a range of majors and research areas. Five will carry out teaching assistantships while the remaining four will conduct research. They will continue that work in: Taiwan, Bulgaria, Scotland, Brazil, Spain and its Canary Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and…

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