Legal help for students
Find information about common student problems with accommodation, university decisions, Student Finance, work, visas, academic misconduct and more.
Student accommodation
Deposits, tenancy agreements, halls, repairs, mould, guarantors, rent and leaving accommodation early.
University course problems
Course changes, teaching problems, complaints, closures, transfers and other problems with a university course.
Exams, marks and appeals
Exam problems, marking disputes, mitigating circumstances, academic appeals and challenges to university decisions.
Academic misconduct and AI
Plagiarism, AI allegations, collusion, misconduct investigations, disciplinary hearings and possible penalties.
Disability and reasonable adjustments
Reasonable adjustments, disability discrimination, accessibility, support plans and failures to provide agreed support.
Student health and welfare
Health, wellbeing, fitness to study, university welfare processes and problems accessing appropriate support.
Discrimination, harassment and safety
Discrimination, harassment, sexual misconduct, bullying, safeguarding and university responses to safety concerns.
Placements and fitness to practise
Placement disputes, professional courses, fitness to practise procedures and concerns affecting professional registration.
Student Finance and funding
Student Finance decisions, tuition fees, maintenance support, scholarships, bursaries and funding disputes.
International students and visas
Student visas, sponsorship, CAS issues, working restrictions, attendance requirements and problems affecting immigration status.
Student jobs and employment
Pay, holiday, working hours, dismissal, zero-hours work, trial shifts and other employment problems affecting students.
Privacy and student records
Data protection, references, student records, recordings, information sharing and access to personal data.
Admissions and university offers
Offers, admissions decisions, changed entry requirements, misleading information and problems before starting a course.
PhD and postgraduate research
Supervision, research degrees, progression, viva problems, authorship, funding and postgraduate disputes.
Results, graduation and references
Final results, degree classifications, graduation, transcripts, references and delays in receiving academic records.
Student travel and consumer problems
Travel, subscriptions, purchases, services, refunds and other consumer problems commonly affecting students.
Scams, banking and debt
Scams, fraud, banking disputes, overdrafts, debts, payment problems and financial issues affecting students.
Student societies, unions and protests
Student societies, students' unions, disciplinary disputes, protests, events and freedom of expression issues.