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Tuition fee query

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cbartlett1
cbartlett1 Posts: 1 Newbie
edited 10 June 2020 at 10:24AM in Student MoneySaving

I have read that most universities are not refunding tuition fees as they claim they are giving online lectures/ tutoring and support , however, my daughter’s first year ( at Leeds University) finished abruptly the week before 23rd march and she was told that she would now automatically be a 2nd year student. Since the course ended, she has had no online lectures, tutor sessions, assessments , exams or anything! Is there anything we can do? 

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  • [Deleted User]
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    What have the university said?
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     What lectures was she expecting to receive?
  • DCFC79
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    I have read that most universities are not refunding tuition fees as they claim they are giving online lectures/ tutoring and support , however, my daughter’s first year ( at Leeds University) finished abruptly the week before 23rd march and she was told that she would now automatically be a 2nd year student. Since the course ended, she has had no online lectures, tutor sessions, assessments , exams or anything! Is there anything we can do? 
    Have other students on her course had the same response ?
  • MallyGirl
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    I will move this to the Student Money boards as you might get better responses there
    I’m a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Pensions, Annuities & Retirement Planning, Loans
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  • silvercar
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    Arguably the whole point of the first year is to qualify into the second year, which your daughter seems to have managed.
    Tuition fees are paid for a student loan that most students never pay back, so she may not be out of pocket by this, as mad as that seems.
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