“UK higher education (HE) providers must review their terms and conditions for students ahead of an upcoming compliance review or risk civil – or, in extreme circumstances, criminal – sanctions …” (more)
[Rami Labib and Richard Snape, OutLaw.com, 11 June]
“Universities have been warned by the Competition and Markets Authority that they ‘may be in breach of consumer law’ if they fail to meet obligations to students …” (more)
[John Morgan, Times Higher Education, 12 March]
“Many universities are using ‘unlawful’ terms allowing them to make ‘unfair’ changes to courses midway through a degree, a consumer watchdog has said. About half of universities use terms that give them the freedom to change courses after students have signed up, according to a new survey of UK universities by Which? …” (more)
[Jack Grove, Times Higher Education, 5 February]
[The Which? report is here.]
“Practice of preventing students with non-tuition fee debts from continuing or graduating may breach consumer laws …” (more)
[Peter Walker, Guardian, 18 February]
“The Office of Fair Trading, apparently at the request of the National Union of Students, has started an investigation into whether some of the sanctions imposed by universities on students, which may prevent them from progressing or graduating if they owe the university money, are unfair …” (more)
[Registrarism, 2 September]
“Universities need to adopt more commercial ways of making students settle non-academic debts because an Office of Fair Trading OFT investigation is likely to find that withholding degrees breaches consumer protection laws …” (more)
[OUT-LAW, 19 August]
“… Basic research by the OFT found half of the 50 universities sampled had terms and conditions which could potentially be viewed as ‘unfair’, meaning many institutions could face court action …” (more)
[Huffington Post, 6 August]
