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University of the West of England, Bristol

Bristol

Someone killed themselves at UWE...

lady_leon

RIP

This is really shocking.

Reply 1

mikejpb

Where'd you hear about this? I haven't heard anything about a suicide at UWE.

University of the West of England, Bristol

Bristol

Reply 2

Origami Bullets

I haven't heard anything about this either, and it's not on the thisisbristol site either.

Reply 3

zoe_uwe

yea its true, she was from my home town. it was in quontock

Reply 4

annaleize

indeed there was, in the student village, quantock. my court :s-smilie:

i looked to see if there was anything on any news site, but i couldnt find anything either, guess the uni tried to keep it quiet?

Reply 5

Jennie1987

annaleize

indeed there was, in the student village, quantock. my court :s-smilie:

i looked to see if there was anything on any news site, but i couldnt find anything either, guess the uni tried to keep it quiet?

Or that noone has heard about it, journalists look for famous names and people speaking out not at everyone who dies - how would they know unless someone told them?

Reply 6

annaleize

yeah, true i suppose. just would have thought something like that would make at least local news.

Reply 7

lady_leon

Yeah it's definitely true, she lived in the court I lived in. I couldn't find anything on any news site either. I guess the university are gonna try and hide it at all costs. Think how much it would effect their rep?

Reply 8

lady_leon

zoe_uwe

yea its true, she was from my home town. it was in quontock

I'm from Hampshire too :s-smilie:

where's your hometown? If you don't mind me asking.

Reply 9

mikejpb

To be honest, if this did really happen then I'm very shocked that the university would think of covering it up. For all we know it could've been an act from bullying or an accident from drinking or anything, something that the university should really give a press release on to put students at ease.

Reply 10

annaleize

it did happen, i received an email saying we could get grief counselling if needed.
iv heard it was suicide but who knows. she'd been drinking apparently.

Reply 11

lady_leon

annaleize

it did happen, i received an email saying we could get grief counselling if needed.
iv heard it was suicide but who knows. she'd been drinking apparently.

Did they say what action they were going to take?

Reply 12

annaleize

No, it was literally just about the UWE counselling services that we can access if need be.

Reply 13

Sstilwell

Im a UWE student and it appeared in our uni paper and i know her neighbour, she drank half a bottle of vodka in her locked room and wasnt in a good state of mind. Its not the unis fault, stuff like this is rarely made a fuss of. It happens unfortunately at unis up and down the country.

Reply 14

atheistwithfaith

You seem amazed that its not in the paper, but one of the unspoken rules in the media is to be very sensitive about reporting suicides. Unless its high profile, it is considored the journalistic standard to keep reporting to a minimum.

Reply 15

AwesomelyPsycho

Following on from what Sstilwell said, she drank a bottle of vodka and died in her sleep. There were a lot of rumours, but none of them were true. It was a sad thing :frown:

Reply 16

+epic

i heard she had had a lot of problems before though, like cutting her wrists and stuff.

Reply 17

zoe_uwe

i was wrong about what i said before. it was an accident due to drinking too much on a night out. not suicide.

Reply 18

bigdaddykane

I was living in this court at the time and spoke to her some hours before it happened. She was drinking heavily, straight vodka from the bottle on the bench outside the entrance of the building. I asked her why she was drinking alone and told her that it wasnt a good idea. She said that no matter how much she drinks she never gets drunk. I told her once more that it wasnt in her best interest to continue because I said "you will be rolling around later throwing up everywhere". She says that wont be the case and "I guess we will have to find out". I didnt know her that well but I knew she had personal issues and an on going dispute with one of her housemates who she described as a "dirty minded person". She used to cut herself but judging from the marks it looked more of an attention seeking gesture rather than a suicide attempt. I can not say for sure what happened because i wasnt around when the events leading to her death took place, however I do know that a someone from the guard hut that night took her to bed after she had been throwing up and rolling around everywhere. Apparently she had not been lied on her side and threw up in her sleep and died. The consumption of some painkillers may have also occurred while she was drinking from what I heard. From what I remember the next day she was taken out of campus dead and the person who in my opinion should have been responsible for her well being continued working at UWE. The person was crying the next day because they felt somewhat responsible, however suicide in my opinion is the same as murder because your taking someones life, whether that be someone elses or your own. It is also a sin. I dont think her aim was to killer herself but rather to get "****ed up" because she had obviously heard rumors about drug use around campus but decided to take matters into her own hands. She struck me as an individual who did not have proper awareness about alcohol/drugs and took it too far due to her lack of knowledge. In my opinion, it was not suicide.

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