An 18-year-old University fresher has been found dead in her halls the morning after her first night on campus.
The teenager is thought to have registered at the University of Kent the day before her body was discovered at 8.30am on Sunday.
Emergency services rushed to the scene in Canterbury but the young woman was pronounced dead shortly after.
The university today confirmed that student had died and said their thoughts are with the woman’s friends and family.
Emergency services rushed to the campus in Canterbury but the young woman was pronounced dead shortly after
A university spokesman told Kent Online: ‘We can confirm the death of a female student at our Canterbury campus on September 17.
‘Next of kin have been informed and support is available for students and staff. Our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time.’
Her death is not being treated as suspicious and police added that a file will be prepared for the coroner.
Fellow undergraduate Molly Hope, who is also culture editor of the university’s student newspaper Inquire, said she was helping people move in over the weekend.
She said: ‘We arrived Sunday morning to continue helping students moving in but there were ambulances and police cars outside of Tyler Court.
‘We were informed that there had been an incident and access to the flat in question was blocked off.
‘We were told to move aside as the ambulance crew left the premises. Shaken students started coming out of their rooms and we had to calm them down.
‘We were told to move aside as the ambulance crew left the premises.
Emergency services rushed to university of Kent in Canterbury (pictured here, Canterbury Cathedral) but the young woman was pronounced dead shortly after.
‘It was a sombre morning given how excited students usually are when they start their time at uni.’
A University of Kent spokesman said: ‘Kent Police was called at 8.37am on Sunday 17 September 2017 to residential accommodation on the University of Kent campus, Canterbury, following a report a person had died.
‘Officers and the South East Coast Ambulance Service attended the scene where a woman in her late teens was confirmed dead.
‘Her death is not being treated as suspicious. Next of kin are aware and a report will now be prepared for the coroner.’