£21 million paid to UCL students, and who else could claim
UCL has reportedly paid £21 million to students over teaching disrupted by the pandemic and by strikes, and analysis now sets out which students at which universities could bring comparable claims. The route is the university’s own complaints process first, then the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, and there are time limits measured from the end of the internal process rather than from the disruption.
“LinkedIn harmed my mental health”: inside application season
A survey of King’s students found the internship application season taking a measurable toll, with LinkedIn named repeatedly as the aggravating factor — a feed of other people’s offers running alongside your own rejections. Application seasons have a shape: most rejections arrive in the same fortnight. Internships and work experience covers timing applications.
Pakistani students left waiting on visa decisions
Thousands of Pakistani students holding UK offers are waiting on UK Visas and Immigration decisions, with delays leaving courses started, accommodation paid for and plans unresolved. It is the same processing backlog that disrupted the January intake, and the practical advice is unchanged: tell the university before the course begins, because deferral is easier to arrange than catching up.