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Students, Including Indians, Suing UK Universities Over Covid Disruptions. Here’s Why
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Students, Including Indians, Suing UK Universities Over Covid Disruptions. Here’s Why

[ad_1] Students accuse UK universities of breaching the contract.Thousands of current and former students of University College London (UCL) are seeking compensation, claiming their tuition contracts were breached after teaching went online during Covid with restricted access to facilities. These include dozens of students from India who suffered disruption in studies and joined the mass lawsuit. The group has urged the London High Court to give the legal complaint its go ahead. According to news agency Reuters, these students have paid at least 9,250 pounds ($11,482) a year for studying at UCL.If successful, the students stand to win tens of thousands of pounds in compensation saying they were offered online course instead of what was promised - in-person teaching.Lawyers running the ca...
Setback For Indian Students In UK Over Right To Bring Dependents
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Setback For Indian Students In UK Over Right To Bring Dependents

[ad_1] Indians recently overtook Chinese as the leading nationality granted study visas to UK (Representational)London: The UK government on Tuesday announced a new immigration crackdown targeted at overseas students, including Indians, and their visa right to bring dependent family members to the country while enrolled at a British institution.In a written statement to the House of Commons, UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman said that only international students on postgraduate courses currently designated as research programmes will be allowed to bring in their family members, including children and elderly parents, as their dependents.The Indian-origin minister said the new package of measures was necessary after it emerged that around 136,000 visas were granted to dependents of spons...