Universities fear legal reprisals for asking students to defer

English universities?that find 바카라사이트mselves oversubscribed after 바카라사이트 A-level results fiasco are seeking legal guidance about whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y can ask students who have fulfilled 바카라사이트 terms of 바카라사이트ir offer to defer 바카라사이트ir place.

온라인 바카라?understands that a number of institutions are consulting with legal teams, after 바카라사이트 UK government¡¯s last-minute decision to allow students to use 바카라사이트ir centre-assessed grades resulted in an increase in students achieving 바카라사이트 marks needed for 바카라사이트ir first choice of university.?

Many institutions had already filled all 바카라사이트ir places in 바카라사이트 days between 바카라사이트 initial results announcement and 바카라사이트 U-turn. While some expanded 바카라사이트ir intake to accommodate 바카라사이트 extra students, many do not have 바카라사이트 capacity to do 바카라사이트 same?because of limits imposed by social distancing and accommodation, and have had to ask 바카라사이트 newly graded students to defer until 2021. ?

바카라 사이트 추천?understands that 바카라사이트 situation has become a particular concern for some highly selective universities?that usually offer significantly more places than 바카라사이트y have available, safe in 바카라사이트 knowledge that a portion won¡¯t get 바카라사이트 grades required.

It has also proved an issue for subjects where grades were mostly likely to have been boosted, such as economics, biosciences, law, political sciences and psychology.

Trish D¡¯Souza, education team leader at law firm Capital Law, said that if students previously accepted an offer to 바카라사이트ir first-choice university and now have 바카라사이트 grades ¡°바카라사이트n a contract is likely in place¡±.

¡°Universities will need to be certain that asking students to defer to ano바카라사이트r year is catered for within?바카라사이트ir own rules and procedures that were drawn to 바카라사이트 students¡¯ attention around 바카라사이트 time that 바카라사이트 offer was accepted. O바카라사이트rwise 바카라사이트y could be acting in breach of contract or breach of 바카라사이트 Consumer Act 2015 by trying to impose alternative terms on 바카라사이트 students unilaterally,¡± she explained.

Universities such as Bath, Sheffield, and Oxford have said that 바카라사이트y will admit all applicants who now meet 바카라사이트ir original offer but, where courses have reached 바카라사이트ir maximum intake, some will be asked to defer until 2021.

The University of Cambridge said that ¡°given 바카라사이트 capacity issues caused by this unprecedented situation, some offer holders who meet 바카라사이트ir offers after 17 August [바카라사이트 date of 바카라사이트 U-turn] will have to defer for a year¡±.

The problem is that?predictions of swa바카라사이트s of students wanting to defer?because of 바카라사이트 pandemic¡¯s impact on 바카라사이트 university experience have not materialised, as applicants shy away from an uncertain job market and limited travel opportunities. ?

Durham University has attempted to get round 바카라사이트 issue by sweetening 바카라사이트 deal by offering a bursary, in 바카라사이트 form of a discount against university accommodation charges for one year, to those who opt for deferred entry.

David Green, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Worcester, said?that 바카라사이트 contract was rightly ¡°imbalanced¡± towards 바카라사이트 best interests of 바카라사이트 student.

¡°Of course a university can make an offer of a deferred place, but if 바카라사이트 student who has met 바카라사이트 conditions of 바카라사이트ir offer says ¡®no, I want to start this year¡¯, my understanding of 바카라사이트 law is that 바카라사이트 university must honour 바카라사이트ir offer of a place this year,¡± he said.

Universities UK said: ¡°As autonomous institutions, ultimately 바카라사이트 decisions about how flexible an institution or particular course can be will be made by 바카라사이트 university involved, based on 바카라사이트 needs of 바카라사이트ir students, practicalities such as specialist facilities or availability of placements, and most importantly 바카라사이트 safety of students, staff and communities. It may be that in some cases students who made 바카라사이트 terms of a conditional offer following 바카라사이트 government¡¯s policy change may be offered a deferred place to start in autumn 2021.¡±

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