Averil Hart was beautiful and academically excellent. Originally receiving an offer from Durham University, she followed her dream and decided to go to University of East Anglia to study one of her many passions, Creative Writing. 

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The University of East Anglia is recognised nationwide for its excellence in the teaching of Creative Writing. As an undergraduate subject it had been taught informally since the University opened in 1963, to be formally introduced in 1995.  UEA was awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for its continuing excellence in its innovative courses and Norwich, in which the University is situated, is England's only UNESCO City of Literature.

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​​Averil was first admitted to hospital in 2011 due to Anorexia Nervosa, where she spent a further 10 months on Addenbrooke's S3 Unit. Even in the depths of her illness she inspired those around her with her passion for life and her desire to fight this terrible illness. She would leave words of motivation on the board at the Inpatient Unit - reminding the other patients how important it was to recover and stay alive.

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The drive for Averil to get better was only amplified by her desire to go to this excellent University and fulfil her passion.

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Her love for literature and poetry never faltered even when she was away, finding strength in the words of others and reciting her favourite literature and poetry; 'Hope is the Thing with Feathers' by Emily Dickson was typed out and sent to her family in the early days of her recovery at Addenbrooke’s.