Student death fall is Bristol’s 10th suspected suicide

A STUDENT in Bristol is thought to have taken his own life, which would make him the 10th undergraduate in the city to do so in 18 months.

Alex Elsmore, who was in his 20s, was a fourth-year electrical and engineering student at Bristol University.

It is understood he fell from the Clifton Suspension Bridge on April 21. His death is not being treated as suspicious.

Mr Elsmore is the eighth student from Bristol University believed to have taken their own lives over the past 18 months.

A further two students from the city’s other university, the University of the West of England (UWE), are also believed to have died in the same way. Earlier inquests into the deaths of the students found that none were linked.

Bristol University has been reviewing its student health services, putting some £1 million into mental health and well-being provision.