Case summary June 2024 | Partly Justified
Due to a staffing restructure, a member of academic staff who was the lead supervisor for a PhD student accepted a redundancy package which took immediate effect. The provider took four months to confirm the student’s new supervisory team. The student made a complaint about how long this had taken and about unclear communications.
Case summary June 2024 | Not Justified
An international PhD student made an application to extend their period of studies. This was their fourth extension request.
Case summary June 2024 | Not Justified
An international PhD student was being sponsored by the government in their home country. When they submitted their thesis, it was not successful.
Case summary June 2024 | Partly Justified
A student was registered on a full-time MRes programme. At the end of two years of study, students who met certain academic requirements could be considered for transfer onto a PhD programme.
Case summary May 2024 | Not Justified
A student passed a foundation year course but did not meet the grade boundary to progress onto a four-year MPharm course.
Case summary May 2024 | Settled
A student submitted their assignment online, four minutes after the submission deadline.
Case summary May 2024 | Justified
A student with an autistic spectrum condition and a physical disability was studying a course in the performing arts at one provider (provider A) leading to the award of another provider (provider B).
Case summary March 2024 | Partly Justified
A teaching student’s placement school raised concerns about their professional suitability and the student was immediately withdrawn from the placement. The provider then began Fitness to Practise (FtP) proceedings against the student and their studies were terminated the following term.
Case summary March 2024 | Settled
A teaching student told their provider that they wanted to withdraw from their placement and submitted a complaint about their placement experience. The student said that there had been delays in putting support and reasonable adjustments in place for their disability.
Case summary March 2024 | Justified
A postgraduate student enrolled on a two-year programme. The second year of the programme was an optional industrial placement. Toward the end of their first year the student successfully secured a placement and provided details to the programme’s placement team.
