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Mum says Glasgow University ‘failed’ son who took his own life after grade error
- Last year, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education carried out a targeted peer review that found Glasgow University's assessment regulations posed a systemic risk to academic standards, focusing on the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences but uncovering wider issues.
- The review found the university's assessment rules were tangled, creating risks of inconsistent exam board decisions, unclear communication for students at risk, maladministration, and poor institutional oversight.
- Ethan Scott Brown, a 23-year-old geography student from Coatbridge, died by suicide three months after being told he lacked a grade and should have had a 2:1 Honours degree; an internal review found two other students and five potential errors.
- The QAA made 21 recommendations, including mandatory staff training and a university-wide review of student awards, and the University of Glasgow says it accepts and will implement them.
- Ethan's family demand accountability and an FAI, saying they were 'gaslit' and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will seek next of kin views, with family welcoming the QAA report, Mr Anwar added.
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