A student mum has been left 'distraught' after her university suspended her for bringing her baby son along to lectures with her. Leah Foster said she was previously given permission by the University of Derby to bring little Emmett onto campus before she was called into a meeting, the Mirror reports.
The 35-year-old says she felt 'blindsided' by the meeting as she was suspended from the institution while the situation is being investigated further. The psychology student has been forced to put her studies on hold after being told that she was forbidden from entering the campus if she took her son into classes despite apparently previously being told that she could bring him.
The University of Derby says it would never exclude a student who wished to continue their studies while breastfeeding which is what Leah is doing. However, they do not allow babies and children in lectures or classes as they might unfairly distract other students.
