1 month ago | By Evening Standard

Students could be given financial compensation for lost teaching time during the first Covid lockdown after a watchdog told an institution to pay up.
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Students may be compensated for lost teaching during UK lockdown

1 month ago | By The Guardian

Watchdog orders university to pay student £1,000, but NUS says complaints process is ‘farcical' Students could be awarded financial compensation for lost teaching time during the Covid-19 lockdown after the higher education complaints watchdog told an institution to pay £1,000 to an international student. However, the National Union of Students described the process for dealing with complaints about university disruption during the pandemic as “farcical” and “inadequate” as the Office of the Independent Adjudicator published details of a handful of individual cases.
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Coronavirus: Students Could Win Financial Compensation For Lost Teaching Time During Lockdown

1 month ago | By Huffington Post

Students could be awarded financial compensation for lost teaching time during the first Covid-19 lockdown after the higher education complaints watchdog told an institution to pay up. The Office of the Independent Adjudicator , which looks at complaints across higher education, has recommended a provider should pay back hundreds of pounds to a student due to lockdown disruption. The watchdog has so far received just under 200 complaints from students about the disruption to their university experience caused by Covid-19. The OIA has said there is a time lag in complaints being logged with...
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