Na wah! E don happen for UK wahala as more than 170,000 students don set to sue up to 36 universities over wetin dem call ‘breach of contract’ during Covid-19 pandemic. Dis move dey led by Student Group Claim and e dey hot like jollof rice for breakfast!
Di matter dey serious o, as dis students dem dey vex say dem no get di full education wey dem pay for when universities shift everything go online. According to dem, na wetin dem pay for na wetin dem suppose collect o! And e no go sweet if dem no see their money back. Di case come ignite after University College London (UCL) settle with some of their own students. Omo, UCL no gree talk how much dem pay, but e be like say na serious money.
Dem talk say no be only UCL dey feel di heat; all over UK, prominent universities dey face claims from angry students wey dey feel dem no get wetin dem pay for. Di money wey dem dey ask fit reach hundreds of millions pounds. Na big matter o! Dem dey talk say, if students fit get win for court, e fit change how universities dey draft contracts from now go forward.
University of Bristol, University of Manchester, and University of Birmingham na some of di schools wey dey combo-collect di lawsuit. Na because of di online learning wey many students get during di pandemic, e be like say some people no even complete di degree dem well-eh. Students dey complain say dem dey borrow money with high-interest rates for courses wey dem no get all di practical work wey dem dey expect.
Michael Spence, di President and Provost for UCL, don talk say dem recognize di challenges wey di pandemic bring come for students, but e also talk say dem no admit say dem dey at fault. E no sweet at all when una no fit deliver wetin dem pay for. Even if dem try manage di situation, dem no go fit escape dem own time!
Allocation of di money wey fit come from dis lawsuit go dey key. Students wey dey try follow up demands fit see compensation of around £5,000 each, especially for undergraduates, while di postgraduates go fit expect bigger figures. But make students sabi say dis money no be refund of fees; na for di trouble wey dem face!
For di legal side matter, di Student Group Claim dey work on no-win-no-fee arrangement, wey mean say na only di percentage of di damages dem go take if dem win. As e be now, di deadline for dem to file claims dey tickle fast, because September 2026 na di final day for people wey wan still get dey gi university di wahala!
Wetin dey clear be say di outcome fit shape di future of how student contracts go dey work. Universities must up dem game when it comes to students’ rights and wetin dem dey owe dem. Make we just dey watch how di situation go unfold for dis student-gist drama!
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