Academic appeal: Student’s own health - CS082002
Case summary September 2020 | Not Justified
A student asked for an extension for a piece of assessed work, because a close family member was undergoing hospital treatment.
Academic appeal: postgraduate - CS082006
Case summary September 2020 | Partly Justified
A student disagreed with the decision to award them a Master’s degree, rather than a PhD.
Disciplinary procedures (non-academic) - CS082001
Case summary September 2020 | Not Justified
Several students in a Halls of Residence got into a dispute about noise. Over the course of an evening, a number of messages were exchanged via a group WhatsApp chat, which included offensive language and explicit sexual content.
Disability - CS082007
Case summary September 2020 | Not Justified
A student needed an ergonomic chair. The provider agreed to pay for a chair for use on campus; DSA funding covered the cost of a chair for the student to use at home. Following an assessment with a chair specialist, the chair was supplied to the campus.
Fitness to practise - CS101903
Case summary October 2019 | Justified
A fitness to practise panel reached a decision that a student was not fit for practice and should not be allowed to continue on the course. The letter to the student told the student they could appeal, and directed them to the academic appeal regulations. The student appealed and the provider rejected the appeal. The student complained to us.
Fitness to practise - CS101901
Case summary October 2019 | Partly Justified
A student nurse was found not fit to practise and their registration on the course of study was terminated. The student had been removed from a student residence in the early hours of the morning for causing a disturbance. Another student in the residence had complained that the student had been harassing them, in person and via social media.
Fitness to practise - CS101902
Case summary October 2019 | Not Justified
Before starting a social work course, a student had been employed in an education setting. As a result of an incident at work, their employment was terminated. Their former employer and a professional body started an investigation into whether they were fit to practise.
Industrial action - CS051906
Case summary May 2019 | Not Justified
A student was on a one-year foundation course at the time of the industrial action. The student complained to the University that it hadn’t delivered lectures, seminars and academic development sessions which they had paid for, and that some of the missed teaching included core content and study advice.
Industrial action - CS051902
Case summary May 2019 | Partly Justified
A student was in the final year of an undergraduate degree course at the time of the industrial action. They complained to the provider that they had paid for lectures and seminars which were not provided, that their performance in one module had been affected, and that the industrial action had a detrimental impact on their mental health. They requested a partial refund of tuition fees.
Industrial action - CS051905
Case summary May 2019 | Partly Justified
A student was in the first year of a three-year English degree at the time of the industrial action. The student complained to the University that they lost three of 24 weeks teaching in three modules. They also said that the University had not given clear information about the industrial action and the steps it had taken to reduce its impact.