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Automated decision-making by university
Can a university make a significant decision about me using AI or an automated system without meaningful human review?
Read the answer →Uploading student data to AI tools
Can university staff upload my coursework, complaint or personal data to an AI tool without telling me?
Read the answer →University attendance app tracking consent
Can my university require me to install an attendance app that records my location or device data?
Read the answer →University use of student data for AI
Can my university use my work, recordings or messages to train or test an AI system?
Read the answer →University storing coursework in plagiarism database
Can my university store my coursework indefinitely in Turnitin or another plagiarism-detection database?
Read the answer →University mandating third-party data-collecting app
Can a university require me to use a third-party app or platform that collects my personal data?
Read the answer →University data transfer outside UK
Can my university transfer my student data outside the UK through cloud services or external providers?
Read the answer →University sharing data with police
Can my university share my personal data with the police without my consent or a court order?
Read the answer →Sharing student data with sponsor without consent
Can my university share my attendance, marks or disciplinary record with a sponsor or employer without my consent?
Read the answer →University use of image in marketing
Can my university use my name, photograph, video, voice or testimonial in marketing without permission?
Read the answer →Data controller responsibility in joint course
Who is responsible for my personal data when my course is delivered jointly by a university and a partner college?
Read the answer →University sharing data with students union
Can my university share my personal data with the students’ union without my consent?
Read the answer →University sharing student records for research
Can my university use my student records for research or share them with researchers without my consent?
Read the answer →Opting out of university data sharing
Can I opt out of my university sharing my personal data with HESA, the OfS or other statutory bodies?
Read the answer →Objecting to university equality-monitoring data
Can I object to the university collecting equality-monitoring data about my ethnicity, religion, sexuality or gender identity?
Read the answer →University disclosure of student contact details
Can a university publish my student email address or other contact details in an internal directory?
Read the answer →University publishing marks and identifiable data
Can a university publish or display my marks and results using my name or student number?
Read the answer →Alumni marketing after graduation
Can my university keep contacting me for alumni fundraising or marketing after I graduate?
Read the answer →University surveillance of students
Can my university use CCTV, ANPR or body-worn cameras to monitor students across campus?
Read the answer →Access to university CCTV footage
Can I obtain university CCTV or body-worn camera footage showing me before it is overwritten?
Read the answer →University disclosing student data without consent
Can my university confirm my degree, attendance or student status to an employer or another organisation without my permission?
Read the answer →University reference disclosing personal information
Can a university include my attendance, disciplinary findings or health information in an academic reference?
Read the answer →Data protection complaint against university
How do I make a data protection complaint to my university, and how quickly must it respond?
Read the answer →University record retention periods
How long can a university keep my academic, disciplinary, complaint and welfare records after I leave?
Read the answer →University data deletion rights
Can I require my university to delete my personal data after I withdraw or graduate?
Read the answer →Retention of dismissed allegation on student record
Can a university keep an unproven, withdrawn or dismissed allegation on my student record?
Read the answer →University charging for subject access request
Can a university refuse or charge for a subject access request it says is excessive or unfounded?
Read the answer →Access to confidential academic reference
Can I obtain a copy of a confidential academic reference written about me?
Read the answer →Unauthorised access to student records
Can university staff access my student record without a genuine need to know?
Read the answer →Right to know source of personal data
Can I require my university to tell me where it obtained personal information about me?
Read the answer →Recording meetings without consent
Can I record a lecture, tutorial, complaint meeting or disciplinary hearing without permission?
Read the answer →University recording of students in classes
Can a university record lectures, seminars or online classes when students can be seen or heard?
Read the answer →Access to university record data logs
Can I find out who has viewed, changed or downloaded my university record?
Read the answer →University recording meetings without consent
Can the university audio-record or transcribe a meeting or telephone call without telling me?
Read the answer →Access to university meeting recording
Am I entitled to a copy of a university meeting recording or transcript?
Read the answer →Secret recording by another student
What can I do if another student secretly records me or shares a recording without my permission?
Read the answer →Camera and room requirements in online classes
Can my university require me to turn on my camera or show my room during an online class?
Read the answer →Learning analytics profiling by university
Can my university use learning analytics or AI to label me as disengaged, at risk or likely to fail?
Read the answer →Access to student data profiling
Can I see and challenge the risk scores, labels or profiles created from my university data?
Read the answer →Occupational health medical history disclosure
Can occupational health at University require disclosure of my entire medical history?
Read the answer →Subject access request for university records
Can I make a subject access request for my entire university file?
Read the answer →Access to examination records
Can I obtain examination scripts, marks, moderation records and marker comments?
Read the answer →Access to misconduct evidence
Can I request emails and evidence used in University misconduct proceedings?
Read the answer →Access to university welfare records
Who can access my University disability, counselling and welfare records?
Read the answer →University sharing information with parents
Can a university share information with my parents without my permission?
Read the answer →University monitoring of student communications
Can the university monitor student email, Wi-Fi use or private online messages?
Read the answer →University data breach of personal records
What can I do after a University breach involving marks, medical information or disciplinary records?
Read the answer →Challenging delayed subject access request
How do I challenge an incomplete or seriously delayed subject access response?
Read the answer →CCTV in student accommodation lawfulness
Is CCTV inside halls, communal kitchens or student flats lawful?
Read the answer →Biometric attendance and student monitoring
Can universities require biometric attendance or monitor key-fob movements?
Read the answer →Challenging unfair online proctoring
What can I do when University online-proctoring software fails or treats me unfairly?
Read the answer →Publishing academic work without consent
Can my dissertation or recorded presentation be published without permission?
Read the answer →Preserving university records during complaint
What happens when my university account is deleted while I need evidence for a complaint?
Read the answer →Correcting inaccurate university record
Can I correct inaccurate information in a university reference or student record?
Read the answer →Challenging inaccurate university reference
What can I do about an inaccurate, misleading or malicious University reference?
Read the answer →Misuse of student identity
What should I do after someone uses my student identity or university account?
Read the answer →Disclosure of anonymous reporter identity
Can the university reveal the identity of an anonymous reporter?
Read the answer →University welfare checks and medical records rights
What are my rights at University during welfare checks, risk panels and requests for medical records?
Read the answer →University counselling confidentiality and disclosure
Can university counselling disclose information to my parents, GP or department?
Read the answer →CCTV monitoring in student accommodation
Can halls staff monitor students through CCTV for reasons unrelated to security?
Read the answer →Disclosure of student health information
Who can the university tell about my health condition?
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