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Casework note: Complaints from postgraduate students

This casework note sets out some of the issues we see in complaints from postgraduate students, and identifies some areas of good practice.

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Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education

The OIA is an independent body set up to review student complaints. Free to students, we deal with individual complaints about higher education providers in England and Wales.

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Harassment and sexual misconduct - CS022501

This case summary describes a student’s complaint about how their provider responded to their report of sexual misconduct by a member of staff. It contains a brief description of the sexual misconduct.

Harassment and sexual misconduct - CS022503

This case summary describes a student’s complaint about how their provider responded to their disclosure that they had been sexually assaulted by another student.

Harassment and sexual misconduct - CS022504

This case summary describes a student’s complaint about how their provider responded to their report of sexual misconduct by another student.

Harassment and sexual misconduct - CS022505

This case summary describes a student’s complaint about how their provider responded to their report of sexual misconduct by another student. It contains a brief description of the sexual misconduct.

Harassment and sexual misconduct - CS022506

This case summary describes a student’s complaint about how their provider responded to their academic appeal and it contains a brief description of sexual misconduct. The student explained within their appeal that their academic performance had been affected by sexual misconduct committed by a work colleague.

Harassment and sexual misconduct - CS022508

This case summary describes a reported student’s complaint about the outcome of their provider’s disciplinary process, the provider decided the student had committed sexual misconduct. It contains a brief description of the sexual misconduct reported by another student at the provider.

Harassment and sexual misconduct - CS022509

This case summary describes a reported student’s complaint about the outcome of their provider’s disciplinary process, the provider decided the student had committed sexual misconduct. It contains a brief description of the sexual misconduct reported by other students at the provider.

Harassment and sexual misconduct - CS022510

This case summary describes a reported student’s complaint about the outcome of their provider’s disciplinary process, the provider decided the student had committed sexual misconduct. It contains a brief description of the sexual misconduct reported by members of staff at the provider.