Is There Anyway To Fight Discrimination,breach Of Contract

[Hippy-chick]

Hi mssiah

I think that you need to look at the original documentation that your friend received. In my department, we always offer courses "subject to availability", and put in disclaimers about specific courses changing/alternative courses being offered. So you'd need to be clear about all of this first. If your friend does not have copies of this any more, you should be able to request this from your department/faculty (if they're on the ball it will be online).

What I'm saying is that, to prove breach of contract, you need to be sure of exactly what the original contract was.

You mentioned discrimination in your first post. Can you tell us more about that?

PS: this post is going into the wrong point in this thread because the webmaster is trying to sort out problems with the ate on this site - sorry!

[GlasweJen]

Universities offer courses subject to availability and they tend to write stuff like "we reserve the right to substitute and update modules as the university see fit". If you think the information on the EDS is wrong then ask them to change it.

[mssiah]

The registeration document signed by the student is the contract btw the university and the student.I do understand that the EDS is a non prescriptive flexible tool.But the EDS supplied to student has to be consistent.

In this case my friend registered for a postgraduate certificate and one of the module was submitted with dissertation and poster session.

Now my friend calls this a breach of contract and an act of exploitation.The only instance when you are given a project is when you registered for a Postgraduate Diploma of Masters.This a consistent practise in all universities in the UK.

Also there is not clause in the University policy which permits this.

[mssiah]

The registeration document signed by the student is the contract btw the university and the student.I do understand that the EDS is a non prescriptive flexible tool.But the EDS supplied to student has to be consistent.

In this case my friend registered for a postgraduate certificate and one of the module was submitted with dissertation and poster session.

Now my friend calls this a breach of contract and an act of exploitation.The only instance when you are given a project is when you registered for a Postgraduate Diploma of Masters.This a consistent practise in all universities in the UK.

Also there is not clause in the University policy which permits this.

[mssiah]

I Need Urgent Advise For A Friend,is There Anyway To Tackle Discrimination,breach Of Contract In The University Environment?

Is There A Law On Exploitation In The Uk?

Lastly Whats The Importance Of The European Diploma Supplement

[GlasweJen]

The EDS is simply an explanation of what the university certificate is equivilent to in other European countries, sort of like the way UCAS take your exam results and give them points to work out just how qualified you actually are.

All public bodies including universities are subject to relevant discrimination acts by law, that is they cannot discriminate against disability, gender, race, age or sexual preference except in some cases. An example is that you have to be over 17.5 years old to start on a medical course, you have to pass a fitness test to take flying lessons etc.

More detail would mean we could help your friends specific problem.

[GlasweJen]

http://www.europeunit.ac.uk/resource...Supplement.pdf

The link above explains the purpose of the EDS

[mssiah]

The university did not provide the module as indicated in the registration form and submitted one of the courses with another.The program of study ended up not being consistent with the information in the EDM

[mssiah]

Eds I Mean To Say

[mssiah]

SORRY submitted = substituted

[Hippy-chick]

Originally Posted by mssiah

The registeration document signed by the student is the contract btw the university and the student.I do understand that the EDS is a non prescriptive flexible tool.But the EDS supplied to student has to be consistent.

In this case my friend registered for a postgraduate certificate and one of the module was submitted with dissertation and poster session.

Now my friend calls this a breach of contract and an act of exploitation.The only instance when you are given a project is when you registered for a Postgraduate Diploma of Masters.This a consistent practise in all universities in the UK.

Also there is not clause in the University policy which permits this.

Mssiah

You need to be more specific than this. As both Jen and I have pointed out to you, courses are only offered subject to availability, and it is usual to have clauses in such as "we reserve the right to substitute courses ..." or the suchlike. Without seeing your friend's original registration form and all of th university regulations, it is not possible to say whether this is a breach of contract. But I'm sorry to tell you that I'd be really surprised to find that it was.

You really need to state your case clearly and succinctly. At the moment you are making wild accusations without factual evidence. Can you pleas give us a step by step guide to what happened, why this is exploitation, and why it is discrimination?

[GlasweJen]

Sorry Msshia but I still can't see any discrimination or breach of contract.

If you check your university profile (ours is online) there is a list of modules you're enrolled in and it should say if there are any errors please contact [person who does module enrollments]. I can't help without clear information, what exactly has happened, which term does this contradict in the contract and where does discrimination come into play?