Posts by Salima Mawji
I have been withdrawn from my PhD course due to lack of progress cited by my university. I refute this. What action can I take?
Many Ph.D. students believe that when they are the victims of poor or unfair treatment at the hands of their lecturers or supervisors, they have little option but to accept this treatment and no legal right to defend themselves. However, this is thankfully not the case.
I am a disabled student and lack of reasonable adjustments by my university has affected my degree classification. Is there anything I can do?
The 2010 Equality Act means that universities must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled students and students with any kind of special educational needs receive as good an education as able-bodied students.
If you haven't been given enough time in your exam or your exam has been disrupted, is there anything you can do?
For most people, sitting exams is a fairly stressful experience. However, the experience can be made worse if there are circumstances that are wholly beyond the control of the students taking the exam. Extraneous circumstances can lead to dire consequences for exam results.
I have a disability which has recently been diagnosed and now need help from my university to complete my course. What can I do?
All universities, colleges and other educational institutions within the UK are subject to the 2010 Equality Act. Once a student's university is aware of their disability, it is then obliged under the law to ensure that there are systems in place that will address and ameliorate any potential problems arising from that student's disability.
Match successfully helps student with both a complaint to the OIA and a University Academic Appeal
We acted for a client in a long running case which first went to the OIA and then back to the University.
Match assists student awarded a 2:2 to obtain a 2:1
We acted for a client in a long running complaint to the University against his degree classification. Our client had achieved a 2:2 degree classification. He had lodged an appeal which was rejected and had then gone through the complaint process.
University overturns decision to withdraw student from PhD studies
We were recently instructed by a student who had been terminated from his PhD studies at his University. The University stated that he had not made sufficient academic progress in the previous academic year and therefore enacted its procedures in withdrawing him from his PhD.
I am dyslexic and have been refused extra time to complete an exam. Is there anything I can do?
Dyslexia amounts to a disability under the Equality Act 2010. What this means is that now any educational institution, including schools, colleges and universities, are obligated under UK law to make reasonable adjustments for dyslexic pupils and students. The precise level of the support offered can vary, but generally speaking, all dyslexic students should be offered certain types of assistance in order to help them complete their studies.
I don't believe that my PhD supervisor represented my research appropriately at a Review Panel Meeting. What can I do?
Many students mistakenly believe that when it comes to what they consider poor treatment at the hands of their teachers, lecturers or indeed Ph.D. supervisors, they have no rights and no recourse to the law. This is not the case. Since university tuition fees were introduced in the UK in 1998, the legal relationship between the student and education provider has changed drastically.
I have received my Completion of Procedures letter and now wish to raise my complaint with the OIA. What do I do next?
In order to complain to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, you must firstly follow the official complaints or appeal procedures of your university or college against which you wish to complain. Once you have gone through the internal procedures and have received a Completion of Procedures Letter, you are ready to take your complaint to the OIA.
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