Advice on t and c

andyarran

Hello all,

Looking for a little bit of advice on these terms and conditions of a private course I studied on but left for employment.

I started a programming course in June which cost £4,500 of which included a £500 non-refundable deposit. I chose to pay it modular which meant I paid £1,500 first part, £1,000 for the second part and another £1,500 for the third part.

I secured employment in IT by the end of week 5 so decided against carrying on studying. I left at the end of week 5 of the 16 week course.

By this point I had paid the £500 non-refundable deposit, £1,500 for the first part and £1,000 for the second part. I paid the second module fees on the Monday and left on the Friday.

I’ve been reading the terms and conditions with regards to a refund of the module 2 payment. It seems to have conflicting information. Perhaps someone can shed some light on it.

First part says:

Between the commencement and completion of module 1 (week 1 to week 5) you shall not be entitled to any refund of module fees or deposit paid but will not be liable for any further fees for module 2 or module 3.

Second part:

Within 1 week after the Module 2 or Module 3 payment date you shall only be entitled to a refund of 40% of the relevant module fee and you shall not be entitled to a refund of the non-refundable deposit. You will not be responsible for any further Modular payments, if any remains.

These two parts of the t and c make sense to me but they conflict. The payment date for module 2 was the beginning of week 4.

Does this not kind of make the first part of the above t and c a bit pointless in my circumstance?

I’m sure someone will understand it better than me.

pinkshoes

andyarran wrote: »

First part says:

Between the commencement and completion of module 1 (week 1 to week 5) you shall not be entitled to any refund of module fees or deposit paid but will not be liable for any further fees for module 2 or module 3.

Second part:

Within 1 week after the Module 2 or Module 3 payment date you shall only be entitled to a refund of 40% of the relevant module fee and you shall not be entitled to a refund of the non-refundable deposit. You will not be responsible for any further Modular payments, if any remains.

I read part one as referring to ONLY the fees for part 1, but NOT therefore the £1000 you have paid for the second module.

The second part does not apply as you did not get to 1 week after module two.

On this basis, I would say you are entitled to the £1000 back that you paid for module two.

sheramber

Within 1 week after the Module 2 or Module 3 payment date

Not the start date but the payment date which you say was the beginning of week 4.

You left at the end of week 5 so not within a week of the 2 nd module payment date.