Should Nottingham University be giving refunds for the disruption of teaching caused by COVID-19?
During the strikes, one of the University’s main justifications for not providing financial compensation to affected students was that ‘student fees cover a very wide range of services, not just tuition’. They cited the continued availability...
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It has been revealed that the first 1,000 students have joined the class action to claim compensation from universities for teaching time lost during the recent UCU strikes, with the University of Nottingham (UoN) ranking fifth for the number of students signed up. Asserson, the law firm behind the... -
Four weeks of stressful strikes might prompt some naysayers to joke that the issue has afforded students more lie-in time, but the university strikes are no laughing matter. I must preface this article by saying the views expressed herein are by no means a condemnation of striking staff or... -
The UCU industrial action is now approaching its third week of strikes over the proposed changes to teaching staff’s pensions. The result of the 14-day strike means that students will face cancelled lectures, seminars and tutorials. This has left them questioning whether they deserve compensation for the missed...
