In the Dark

Today the  School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at Sussex University is in a state of collective shock after receiving some terrible news. Alex Jansons, a first-year Mathematics student in the School,  died suddenly at the weekend near his family home in Penn, Buckinghamshire.

Now you all know why I posted that poem by John Donne this morning..

It’s so devastating for all of us in MPS to have lost such a bright and popular student at such a young age that I can barely begin to imagine what his family and friends must be going through at this difficult time.

A funeral service for Alex will be held next Friday, and we will be organizing a memorial event to be held on the Sussex University campus near the start of the next academic year so that it can be attended by students from Alex’s year when they return from the summer recess.

But for now, on behalf of everyone in MPS, all I can do is offer my sincerest condolences and deepest sympathy to everyone who knew Alex Jansons.

May he rest in Peace.

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