Case summary May 2022 | Not Justified
A student studying for a professionally accredited qualification failed a module. The student appealed the result. They said that they had not been given printed materials for the module and that they had personal circumstances that had affected their performance in the module.
Case summary May 2022 | Partly Justified
A student complained about the impact of industrial action on their studies. The provider rejected the complaint and said that it had taken steps to make sure that students could complete their assessments and it had delivered alternative sessions for those sessions that were missed.
Case summary May 2022 | Justified
A group of students were on a one-year MA in a practical arts-based subject. The course was new for the provider, and the group was in the first cohort, starting in 2018/2019.
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.
Case summary July 2021 | Not Justified
A student was on a one-year taught postgraduate course that normally involved a field trip to a country in Asia. The field trip could not go ahead because of the global pandemic in 2020.
Case summary July 2021 | Not Justified
An undergraduate student was expecting to sit an end of year exam for one module but the provider cancelled the exam because of the nationwide lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
Case summary July 2021 | Settled
An undergraduate student was expecting to sit an end of year exam for one module but the provider cancelled the exam because of the nationwide lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
Case summary July 2021 | Not Justified
A student and some of their housemates organised a party held in the accommodation they were renting from their higher education provider. The party was attended by several students from other residences.
Case summary March 2021 | Not Justified
A student was living in accommodation owned by their provider. Their accommodation agreement was for the full academic year, from September to mid-June.
Case summary March 2021 | Not Justified
A student was on a one-year postgraduate course. The provider moved its students to remote learning as a result of the nationwide lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020.
