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  • #31
    Re: In need of desperate help with claim against me

    Presumably then Universitys are bound by sale of goods and services etc ? ie must be fit for purpose, of satisfactory quality and so on ?
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    • #32
      Re: In need of desperate help with claim against me

      Originally posted by Amethyst View Post
      Presumably then Universitys are bound by sale of goods and services etc ? ie must be fit for purpose, of satisfactory quality and so on ?
      Kingston has had quite a few " compliance" problems in the past and they seem to be continuing.

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      • #33
        Re: In need of desperate help with claim against me

        On that OFT issue

        from the Times.
        Universities may be acting illegally if they withhold exam results from students who owe them money, an education lawyer has warned after the Office of Fair Trading forced Kingston University to change its debt collection policy, writes Phil Baty.

        Hilary Crook, head of the education unit at lawyers Denison Till, said that universities would no longer be allowed to use the widely adopted sanction against student debtors. She said they would have to rethink their debt collection policies.

        Ms Crook said: "If universities are not taking payment in advance, they are now likely to have to sue for their debts rather than withhold marks. It is generally considered that this will cost more, take longer and be less effective than withholding qualifications."

        The warning came after the OFT announced last week that it forced Kingston University to change its contract with students. The OFT said that a clause in the university's regulations "potentially denied students the results of an assessment because the fees relating to another course had not been paid".

        Kingston's sanction against its debtors breached the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999, so the university, facing legal sanctions, changed the clause to make it clear that withholding of results would happen only if a student owed money relating to that specific course or part of the course.

        The OFT ruling does not challenge a university's right to withhold exam results where the student has failed to pay specifically for the course in question.
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        • #34
          Re: In need of desperate help with claim against me

          [MENTION=35709]stamati76[/MENTION] - did the Uni inform you at all that you had to pay them directly before you had completed your course ? send you an invoice etc ?
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          • #35
            Re: In need of desperate help with claim against me

            No definitetly i was not informed that i had to pay them directly. However, i did receive invoices after a few months of attendance, when their finance department had not received any payment.

            Thank you so so much for all your help. I work on night shift, so it's been difficult to reply earlier. Thank you very much

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            • #36
              Re: In need of desperate help with claim against me

              @Amethyst

              The times article above says that "Universities may be acting illegally if they withhold exam results from students who owe them money". However, it then goes on to say "The OFT ruling does not challenge a university's right to withhold exam results where the student has failed to pay specifically for the course in question." These remarks seem to be conflicting?

              Also, you mentioned an invoice. I did receive several demands for payment from the University several months after the start date. Do you think this will have an effect on the case? Apparently, their contract states that after two weeks of study, the University is owed half the fees, even if the student withdraws from the course and after 4 weeks the whole year's fee is owed.

              Look forward to your reply

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