Cambridge University will hold a review after five students died in recent months. Four of the deaths were suspected suicides and one had been confirmed as a suicide. The students took their own lives between March and June.
Graham Virgo, senior pro-vice chancellor, said the university was “shocked and deeply saddened by the deaths”, adding that Cambridge was taking the situation “extremely seriously”. He said the university had set up a rapid response unit alongside affected colleges, and that findings from an initial review into the first four deaths were being used as part of ongoing planning by the university.
The deaths had “distressed the whole of the university community,” he said. “Nothing is more important than the safety of our students,” he added.
