A talented Cambridge University student died after graduating with a first class honours degree, an inquest has heard.

Roseanna Honeywood, known as Rosie, was found with fatal injuries last September on the beach below Old Harry Rocks in Purbeck.

An inquest at Dorset Coroner's Court was held on Thursday, December 22, to establish the circumstances into Rosie's death.

The inquest was told that Rosie studied languages at Cambridge and had a bright future ahead of her but suffered from a crisis of confidence.

She turned down a teaching job in Germany thinking she didn't have the skill-set for the role.

The 23-year-old, from Ferndown, graduated in July last year, attended a friend's graduation ceremony in Cambridge on September 11, marked her 23rd birthday five days later and then attended her nan's funeral on September 21.

The next day she took a bus to Swanage, Dorset, to visit her other grandmother and then travelled to the nearby beauty spot of Old Harry Rocks.

Rosie was seen by witnesses sitting by the edge of the cliff.

She was found fatally injured on the beach below the cliffs a short time later. An air ambulance landed and Rosie was taken to Southampton Hospital but died as a result of her injuries on arrival.

The inquest heard that in the weeks before her death Rosie had sought the help of her GP for her anxiety.

She was referred to an NHS therapy programme to help her called Steps 2 Wellbeing - she attended weekly sessions and had expressed expressed suicidal thoughts during them.

An appointment with the Steps 2 Wellbeing programme had been made for September 23 - the day after she took her own life.

Her father, Michael Honeywood, told the inquest: "After graduating Rosie was unsure which career to pursue and this was a cause of anxiety for her.

"Rosie was very critical of herself and that drove her to achieve the highest exam grades.

"We reassured Roseanna that a lot of people did take a year off uni and she should enjoy what she achieved and what she wanted to do.

"She applied for a teaching role in Germany, where she went for a year abroad during her studies, but when she was accepted she wondered if she had the skills to be able to cope with teaching children.

"We did our best to reassure her that help would be available but she was determined to make the decision herself."

A post mortem examination confirmed that Rosie died from multiple injuries from her fall.

Richard Middleton, assistant coroner for Dorset, recorded a verdict of suicide. Mr Middleton extended his sympathies to Rosie's family and described her as "intelligent" and "very special".

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