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Mother collects degree for student who took his life after marking error

Ethan Scott Brown was told he would not be eligible to graduate from the University of Glasgow after being awarded the wrong grade in one course.

Grieving mother collects degree of university student, 23, who took his own life after being told he would not be able to graduate over grade error

The grieving mother of a student who took his own life after he was wrongly told he would not be able to graduate has today ...

Mother of student who killed himself after university’s grade error collects his degree

The family say that after Ethan’s mother sought answers from the university, an internal investigation produced a report ...

Mother of student who killed himself after grade error to collect his degree

Ethan Scott Brown, 23, tragically took his own life after his university wrongly told him that he had not been awarded a ...

Mother of student who took his own life after University of Glasgow grade error to collect his degree

Ethan Scott Brown, 23, was due to graduate in December 2024 after studying geography at the University of Glasgow.