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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Beth Abbit

More than 1,000 students seek compensation from University of Manchester over ‘contract breaches’ during pandemic and strike action

More than 1,000 University of Manchester students are asking for compensation over the way they say they were treated during staff strikes and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Solicitors representing 1,222 current and former undergraduate and graduate students have written to vice chancellor Dame Nancy Rothwell proposing action against the university.

They claim the university breached the terms of its agreements with students to provide in-person tuition and appropriate facilities to support their learning.

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