Suicide at Oxford University

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This paper begins by providing an overview of the global problem of student suicide. It then provides statistics and figures for this phenomenon and looks at a case study of one such tragedy. Focusing on Oxford University, it looks at the way in which college and student organizations are trying to combat this problem and the role which academic pressure is said to play in causing suicide. It discusses the lack of proper counseling available and the issue of female discrimination on campus. It finally concludes with a list of reforms that are needed in universities in general and Oxford in particular.

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"Throughout a history people have been associating universities with knowledge and freedom. Longing for freedom of education, several centuries ago the first secular schools were founded, and some of them even managed to gain independence from the Catholic Church, which treated every attempt of unlicensed self-enlightenment as a serious crime.

However, starting from the beginning of the 19th century, the major purpose of universities gradually shifted from knowledge to skill. Indeed, today higher education institutions "produce" more professionals and high-skilled workers seeking employment in the competitive labor market than the actual scientists, who move the world's progress forward."

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