Am I liable to pay the 25% of tuition fees?

Hey guys I just wanted to ask I have currently changed courses from human biology to adult nursing and the university is asking me to pay 25% of the tuition fees, I dont have that many funds ATM especially after Xmas. But I have spoken to student finance and they told me that because I have attended only 1 lesson that I shouldn't pay that much he said that if I would be in attendance for 2 weeks then I would have to pay but I have attended only 1 lesson since September. I can not find this in the terms and conditions does anybody knows anything about this? Pls

Reply 1

PS Reviewer

You should have been linked to and read the fees policy and terms for your university when you enrolled onto your course. If you can’t remember or find it then you need to ask your university to help you find it and then ask your student union to understand it.

Your attendance isn’t relevant - what counts is when you enrolled (and agreed to the fee payment terms) and when you formally transferred. If you don’t turn up to scheduled lectures/seminars/labs etc that doesn’t make you exempt from paying fees.

Reply 2

Scienceisgood

I’m assuming you’ve been timetabled to attend lectures since September but you’ve just not attended for whatever reason.

Not attending lectures and not having lectures are VERY different things. You’ve been on their books since September so I would think the university has a case to say that the 25% tuition fee stands, regardless of the number of times you have attended lectures as you have had access to all facilities and software offered, which I assume you have used I.e Microsoft student software, library access, access to seminars, PC labs and lectures (which you did not attend) etc…

So I can’t see you getting out of this one I’m afraid, unless the university is very sympathetic that is which I can’t see happening as attending the university is effectively signing a contract and being an adult, signing said contract is binding, unless as said previously, the university waives it, which I doubt.