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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...