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Wales Online
Saffron Otter & Steven Smith

Liz sent her daughter off to uni to pursue her dreams - not to die

While many parents send their children off to university to follow their dreams, none expect them to not come home. But for Liz de Oliveira, that was what happened.

It was 2017 when her daughter, Lucy, took her own life aged just 22. She died in her own bedroom while studying for a paediatric nursing degree at Liverpool John Moores University.

Today, Liz is campaigning for the Government to introduce a statutory duty of care for students at universities across the UK. And she does so because she believes that her daughter's death was preventable.

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