| There are often cases of Law students using | | | | last year a midwifery student at Oxford Brookes |
| their newfound legal understanding against the | | | | made the case that the high court should be able |
| universities which they attend. The danger of | | | | to interfere with the university's claim that she |
| teaching students legal information that could be | | | | was not cut out to be a housewife because of |
| used against them is a risk law professors have | | | | her performance in a course there. She was |
| long been aware of. With the job market taking a | | | | successful. |
| bit of a downturn, however, performing well at | | | | With the job market as fragile as it is, no doubt |
| university has become all the more important. | | | | other student will be motivated by much talked |
| With the higher stakes for university students | | | | about successes like the aforementioned. Is this |
| have come a lot more cases of students suing | | | | development really a good thing for Uk students |
| universities. What's more, it is not only a law | | | | and universities, however? |
| student's game anymore. Individuals studying | | | | Some might assert that holding universities |
| everything from midwifery to theatre are bringing | | | | accountable is always a good thing, even if |
| lawsuits against universities. They hire west | | | | students do it in the judicial system. There is |
| London solicitors or a lawyer from elsewhere, and | | | | certainly a compelling case to be made that |
| make their case. | | | | universities cannot police themselves internally |
| Andrew Croskery, a student at Queen's | | | | with regard to some issues, and thus students |
| University Belfast, is in engaged in a much talked | | | | should be able to deal with such issues in court. |
| about case against the university he attends. His | | | | The other side of the issue is that students are |
| case disputing a grade of 2:2 in electrical | | | | likely to begin taking advantage of the legal |
| engineering is currently being evaluated by the | | | | system to bring up their grades much more |
| high court. Mr Croskery is arguing that if he had | | | | regularly. Some students are already trying to do |
| received better supervision from the university his | | | | just this, but the courts have done an excellent |
| grade would have been higher. | | | | job so far of weeding out such people. |
| Queen's University Belfast's lawyers are arguing | | | | The ultimate barometer on whether or not |
| that the judicial system is not the proper forum | | | | lawsuits against universities are out of hand will be |
| for the case, and thus it should be thrown out. | | | | if solicitors in London and elsewhere start |
| For the high court to take a case like this would | | | | specializing in such cases. Law lecturers will really |
| be uncommon but not unheard of. For example, | | | | have to be careful then. |