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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andy Gregory

Call to review ‘cancel culture’ in universities after ‘ostracised’ Oxford student takes own life

A coroner has called on the government to examine the prevalence of “cancel culture” on university campuses, after ruling that a 20-year-old Oxford student took his own life after being “ostracised” by his peers.

Alexander Rogers, a third-year studying materials science at Corpus Christi College, died in January. His body was recovered from the River Thames, and he was found to have suffered a head trauma.

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