We demand graduation ceremony for tragic Ethan

Mum of student who took his life believing he'd failed will collect his honours degree

- BY SALLY HIND

THE FAMILY of a university student who took his own life on his graduation day have demanded they collect his degree at a ceremony.

The heartbroken mum of Ethan Brown, 23, told of her horror at finding him dead in his bedroom as they prepared to leave for his big day in December last year three months after Glasgow University told him in error that he did not have the necessary credits to graduate.

A month after his death, his devastated family discovered the geography student had been given the wrong grade and actually achieved a 2:1 honours degree.

Mum Tracy Scott said she now wanted to collect Ethan's degree on his behalf at a future graduation ceremony.

Yesterday, university chiefs confirmed her wish would be granted after apologising for the "tragic error".

Tracy told the Record: "We deserve to have Ethan's degree. It would be heartbreaking. But he worked hard for it and we should have it. We shouldn't have to ask for it."