25 February 2020 Issue 374 The official student newspaper of the University of East Anglia | concrete-online.co.uk Striving for truth Est. 1992
Student left ‘in limbo’ by Interview: Asher Minns UEA for five months after
alleged sexual assault Chris Matthews Editor-in-Chief
An undergraduate who said she was sexually assaulted after an A-List club night claims she was left “ in limbo” for five months before the university investigated her complaint. Amy Cooper*, said she was sexually assaulted by a fellow student after a night out at the LCR in September 2018. She had returned to her boyfriend’s house and had fallen asleep before being woken up to a man touching her. She immediately phoned her housemate, who came to collect her.
She said the attack left her feeling “used — like I wasn't really a person”. She added: “I was just an object.” Amy struggled with her mental health in the months following the alleged assault and told a university lecturer she was “traumatised” in an email sent seven months after the incident. The university said it was reviewing its processes for when incidents were reported and how it supported students. But Amy said she was suffering “debilitating anxiety
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