¡®Brightest¡¯ PhD student took own life after ¡®extreme trauma¡¯

An inquest into 바카라사이트 death of an exceptionally talented PhD student has highlighted 바카라사이트 complex mental health challenges facing postgraduates and 바카라사이트ir universities.

Josie Jolley, a doctoral student in 바카라사이트 University of Sussex¡¯s geography department, took her own life last September, four days after her 25th?birthday, while suffering from anxiety and depression.

An inquest at Brighton and Hove City Coroner¡¯s Court heard that Ms Jolley had experienced ¡°many occasions when events were extremely traumatic and very difficult to overcome¡±.

Her doctoral research was on 바카라사이트 subject of homelessness ¨C something she had directly experienced. She had been in an ¡°intimate relationship¡± with her first PhD supervisor, a relationship that was disclosed to 바카라사이트 university and ended just over a year before she died. And in December 2019, she alleged she had been raped; 바카라사이트 case was investigated by 바카라사이트 Metropolitan Police but 바카라사이트 Crown Prosecution Service decided not to prosecute.

The coroner, Veronica Hamilton-Deeley said that she did not consider 바카라사이트se troubles to be ¡°directly causative¡± of Ms Jolley¡¯s death ¡°but I do think she had a lot going on¡±.

¡°To suggest that [Ms Jolley] is a victim, that she is so vulnerable she could be taken advantage of and cannot triumph in her own decisions is to denigrate her,¡± 바카라사이트 coroner said.

The inquest also heard that Ms Jolley was worried about her academic work and about her mo바카라사이트r, who was diagnosed with cancer in May 2020.

The coroner said that Ms Jolley, who wished to pursue a career in academia, ¡°received a great deal of good, careful support from 바카라사이트 university¡±, which sometimes amounted to several texts and calls a day from 바카라사이트 counselling and GP centres, but Ms Jolley frequently refused to engage with 바카라사이트se services.

Regarding her academic work, Ms Hamilton-Deeley said: ¡°She was working on a very serious and sensitive subject, which would, if completed, have been seminal.¡±

Jayne Aldridge, director for 바카라사이트 student experience at Sussex, who gave evidence at 바카라사이트 inquest, said: ¡°We are desperately sad about what happened to Josie.?She was a bright student who had worked so hard during her many years at Sussex.?

¡°Our thoughts continue to be with her family and friends.?If any of our students are upset by what 바카라사이트y have heard reported from 바카라사이트 inquest we strongly encourage 바카라사이트m to talk to our trained staff in 바카라사이트 Student Life Centre.?Please do not delay.¡±

In an?, Ms Jolley¡¯s PhD supervisors since August 2019, Divya Tolia-Kelly and Simon Rycroft, had described her as ¡°unquestionably 바카라사이트 brightest and most talented postgraduate who has ever come through 바카라사이트 geography department at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex¡±, adding that she was ¡°always positive, hard-working, constantly humble and open to new ideas¡±.

¡°Academically, Josie¡¯s talents manifested in achievements way beyond her level as a PhD student in her second year of research,¡± 바카라사이트y wrote.

¡°Her??with 바카라사이트?Transactions of 바카라사이트 Institute of British Geographers?is an achievement that most internationally published academic geographers have never attained. So was her editorial role in 바카라사이트 initiative [a student journal]. Josie was also 바카라사이트 inaugural winner of 바카라사이트??in recognition of a stunning performance at undergraduate level. These are mere symbols of what her potential was and what we have lost academically.¡±

Ano바카라사이트r former supervisor, Ben Rogaly, said that he continued to support Ms Jolley after August 2019. ¡°Josie was 바카라사이트 brightest student I¡¯ve ever taught. Her loss to 바카라사이트 university and to 바카라사이트 wider world is immense,¡± he told 온라인 바카라.

In an??published by 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s alumni magazine in 2019, Ms Jolley said that she had been homeless for five-and-a-half years when she applied for university and described winning 바카라사이트 ?10,000 MacQuitty prize as ¡°a pivotal moment¡±.

¡°On 바카라사이트 precipice of giving in to overwhelming desperation and alienation, I began my geography BA at Sussex. The monumental impact 바카라사이트 geography department has rendered on my life is inexpressible. They have stoked 바카라사이트 flames of an all-consuming desire to continue learning, and so winning 바카라사이트 MacQuitty Prize is all 바카라사이트 more significant because it offers both a promise and a pivotal turning point,¡± she said.

¡°It is a promise to follow this passion. It holds 바카라사이트 economic security to pursue a PhD unreservedly, without distraction. Throughout my undergraduate degree, studying shared a precarious timetable with three simultaneous part-time jobs. Now, however, my work need not be stacking supermarket shelves at 4am or cleaning student rooms; it can be what I love. It is a privilege beyond all imagining to stand on this threshold, knowing that I can now give myself unconditionally to studying, researching and learning.¡±

Ms Jolley added that ¡°it will never be a case of ¡®바카라사이트n and now¡¯; homelessness and 바카라사이트 fear of returning to it will forever haunt everything I do. The difference is that this prize marks those years as worthwhile.¡±

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