Students weigh legal action after loans issued in error
Students at London Metropolitan University, Solent University and elsewhere are considering legal action after £190 million in maintenance loans was issued by mistake. The question for anyone affected is whether money paid in error can be reclaimed and on what terms — and the answer usually turns on whether the recipient could reasonably have known. Do not spend a payment you cannot explain; ask in writing what it is. Student finance explained covers assessments.
A case for spending the levy where students actually live
Researchers argue the proposed international student levy should be directed into regional growth around the universities that generate it, rather than into the Treasury. It is the most concrete proposal yet for what the £925 per student charge would fund, and where that money lands decides whether the levy costs students anything in fees.
What the Middle East conflict means for students here
A US-Israeli strike that killed Iran’s supreme leader has escalated the conflict, and this sets out what it means for students in a UK city: family contact, money transfers that stop working, flights home that no longer exist, and coursework carried on through it. Universities’ extenuating circumstances processes cover exactly this, and they need documenting at the time rather than afterwards.