University students made a record number of complaints last year to the higher education watchdog in England and Wales, which expressed concern about “increasing levels of distress among students who are struggling to cope”.
The Guardian, 20th April 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An insurance company has won a High Court fight over its refusal to pay out on a claim for damage caused by the disposal of a World War Two bomb.’
BBC News, 22nd March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Universities have been reprimanded over unfair treatment of students accused of academic misconduct in a report by the higher education ombudsman for England and Wales.’
The Guardian, 27th February 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Warwick University has agreed to pay a student who is seriously ill with cancer £12,000 in damages for the “distress and inconvenience” caused by not allowing her to extend her course as a result of her health condition.’
The Guardian, 23rd February 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Updated guidance for higher education (HE) providers announced by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will help the sector ensure that their practices are compliant, according to one legal expert.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th February 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Net migration into the UK was 504,000 between June 2021 and June 2022, far higher than the previous record of 330,00. While the single biggest factor behind the rise in net migration was the new visas open to Ukrainians and BN(O) passport-holders from Hong Kong, it is the increase in the numbers coming to the UK on student visas that is the potential target of a government crackdown. Alan Manning argues that further research in this area is urgently needed.’
EIN Blog, 14th February 2023
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘It is commonplace now for the trustee of almost any sort of trust to be a company, and for the individuals who may colloquially be referred to as “the trustees” to in fact not be trustees at all, but to be the directors of the trustee company. Occupational pension schemes have been particularly keen adopters of this structure. In some respects it makes little difference to the beneficiaries: the trustee is the trustee, whether an individual or a company. But when the individuals involved are alleged to have acted in breach of their duties, the corporate structure allows for more complex claims than the ordinary breach of trust claim that would be brought against individual trustees.’
Wilberforce Chambers, 20th December 2022
Source: www.wilberforce.co.uk
‘Thousands of students are taking legal action against their universities over their education during the pandemic.’
BBC News, 1st November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The charity that supports litigants in person (LiPs) is launching an expanded university-focused service this autumn, offering a mixture of in-person and online advice.’
Legal Futures, 17th October 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A former academic at University College London must pay almost £50,000 in damages to a former colleague after falsely portraying her as a sex worker on social media as part of a months-long campaign of harassment.’
The Guardian,12th October 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A university academic has said he is likely to take legal action against the makers of a new film about Richard III, which he said was “littered with inaccuracies”.’
BBC News, 8th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A group of parents whose children killed themselves at university are campaigning for a change in law to make the institutions more accountable. They want universities to have a legal duty of care towards their students, like schools already do.’
BBC News, 7th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘It may reasonably be argued that the Johnson Government launched a determined assault upon the UK constitutional settlement. We are failing in our duty as teachers of constitutional law if we do not equip our students with the tools to appraise this argument. Some of the features of the way in which public law is typically taught in UK universities stand in the way of so equipping our students. Or so I shall argue.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 14th September 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘A Christian campaign group is taking legal action against a Cambridge University college after an event booking was rejected.’
BBC News, 15th September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK government’s announcement of a new work visa option aimed at attracting top graduates has elicited some backlash because the list of eligible institutions features no universities from Africa, Latin America or South Asia. The Conversation Africa’s Nontobeko Mtshali asked Orla Quinlan, Director of Internationalisation at Rhodes University in South Africa, to share her thoughts on the implications such visa programmes have for international integration and intercultural efforts in higher education.’
EIN Blog, 27th June 2022
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘The Church of England’s procedures for addressing issues of racial injustice and contested heritage are “inadequate” and “not fit for purpose”, according to the head of Jesus College at the University of Cambridge.’
The Guardian, 12th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A University of Oxford college has pledged to overhaul its handling of sexual assault cases after paying damages to settle a legal action taken by a woman who said she was raped by a fellow student.’
The Guardian, 1st April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Potential Individual (HPI) route is similar to the Graduate route but offered to recent graduates of the top ranking universities outside the UK. This route opens on 30 May 2022.’
EIN Blog, 31st March 2022
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘The head of one of Oxford university’s grandest colleges has indicated that he will agree to step down after a long-running dispute in a deal that includes a £1.5m pay-off and the settlement of a sexual harassment claim against him.’
Financial Times, 21st January 2022
Source: www.ft.com
‘A senior academic who says she was sacked from her post in a university’s physics department because of her loud voice has been awarded more than £100,000 after winning a claim for unfair dismissal.’
The Guardian, 18th January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
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