Consumer rights issues - CS082003
Case summary September 2020 | Not Justified
A student complained to their provider that the information on its website was misleading.
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.
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.
Coronavirus - CS112007
Case summary November 2020 | Not Justified
A student failed a resit exam at their final attempt. They made an academic appeal to the provider after the deadline for appeals, on the ground that they had new evidence which for good reason they had not submitted earlier.
Coronavirus - CS112008
Case summary November 2020 | Justified
A student complained to their provider that their studies had been disrupted by industrial action which caused them to miss teaching and that they missed out on more teaching as a result of the move to online lessons during the coronavirus lockdown.
Coronavirus - CS112009
Case summary November 2020 | Partly Justified
A second-year, international student was studying four modules during the year for which they had paid fees of around £13,500. They complained to the provider that it had cancelled half of the expected on-campus learning because of coronavirus lockdown and asked for a refund of tuition fees.
Coronavirus - CS072101
Case summary July 2021 | Partly Justified
A student was on a one-year Bar Professional Training Course. In March 2020 the higher education provider stopped all face-to-face teaching because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The student complained to the provider and asked for a refund of tuition fees, saying that in not delivering face-to-face teaching the provider was breaching the terms and conditions of the course. The provider refused to give the student any tuition fee refund.
Service issues including consumer rights - CS092410
Case summary October 2024 | Settled
A small group of postgraduate students complained to their provider after discovering that their course was no longer externally accredited by a professional body. They said the information they’d been given prior to enrolment led them to believe the course was still accredited and explained that accreditation was a key factor in their decision to apply for the course.
Service issues including consumer rights - CS092409
Case summary October 2024 | Not Justified
A group of paramedic students complained to their provider that they hadn’t received the clinical practice placement experience they’d expected.
Service issues including consumer rights - CS092408
Case summary October 2024 | Not Justified
A first-year undergraduate student complained to their provider that their course had been mis-sold as full-time. The student said they wouldn’t have relocated to attend the course if they’d known it wasn’t full-time and asked the provider for financial compensation. The provider did not uphold the student’s complaint.
We publish summaries of some of the complaints that we review. We always leave out of the summary any information that might identify the student who made the complaint. In some cases we decide that it is in the public interest to publish a summary of a complaint that includes the name of the provider.