JemmaPage published Graduation joy for determined Jessica - who studied in hospital...

A determined student continued to work on her dissertation while she was battling a serious illness in hospital. Jessica Beasley, of Hucknall, graduated with a 2:1 from De Montfort University yesterday with a joint honours degree in English language and creative language. The 22-year-old spent much of her last two years at the Leicester university in and out of hospital due to a blood-clotting disorder and autoimmune disease so rare it doesn't even have a name. But the plucky pupil was...