Compensation payments to students 'soar by two-thirds'

By Graeme Paton. The higher education watchdog – the Office of the Independent Adjudicator – reveals that universities paid some £373,000 in compensation to students last year, a rise of two-thirds. Compensation payments made to students soared by two-thirds last year due to complaints over the marking of degree projects, cancelled courses, cheating allegations and poor facilities amid growing competition for graduate jobs. Read more...