← All topics

TopicStudent rights & consumer protection

Explainers and SU blogs on this topic, newest first.

What do students on placement get for their money?

01/12/25

New research on students’ perceptions of their rights: 20 things SUs need to know

20/11/25

What SUs need to know about grade inflation, algorithms and degree transcripts

07/11/25

How to stop students being ripped off by the emerging guarantor market

30/10/25

Help! My uni has over (or under) recruited to a course

22/10/25

The costs of failure. How much does it cost students to repeat, resubmit etc?

10/10/25

Tensions on campus and beyond – legal rights and regulatory risks for SUs

08/10/25

The one-year loophole: How students can escape PBSA contracts in 2025/26

12/09/25

VFM in HE – what students think and what SUs can do

30/07/25

Students won’t get value for money if they have no money to engage in the value

Emily Bastable|SU blog|30/07/25

The essay-writing company who pretends to be your friend

Daniel Sokol|SU blog|29/07/25

What SUs can learn from the OIA about closures

18/07/25

What SUs can learn from complaints to the OIA about cheating and AI

15/07/25

How to surface and reduce the hidden costs of study

Eve Woodall|SU blog|08/07/25

There are some last-minute government amendments to the Renters Rights Bill

27/06/25

Parental Advisory: Why empowering parents might be central to SU campaigning

Lewis Wilson|SU blog|09/06/25

International students and new consumer rights

06/06/25

24 things that SUs need to know about new rights in (some) university halls

20/05/25

What’s been happening in the Lords re the Renter’s Rights Bill?

13/05/25

Here’s what UUK has to say about university cuts

07/05/25

What can SUs learn from complaints summaries in OIA’s annual report?

30/04/25

A beginner’s guide to reasonable adjustments and competence standards for disabled students

25/04/25

How to respond to the consultation on standards and rights in privately-run halls

11/04/25

Why students helping students is a game changer for advice services

Faith Goligher|SU blog|24/03/25

Older pieces →