Alastair
CVCP note I/99/91 gives only guidance, and what is suggested in relation to
charging students who withdraw is in no sense binding on universities. But
there is strong advice also that the policy basis for refunds be mad clear
to students in advance
Roger Clark
Academic Registrar
University of Reading
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Alastair Work
> Sent: 10 November 1999 10:55
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> Subject: Re: Fees refunds
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>
> There was a piece in the July SS Update from DfEE which reproduced a CVCP
> paper giving "guidance" on refunds policy.
>
> We were less than pleased with it because we had not been consulted and,
> had we been, would not have agreed to it. The "guidelines" were that we
> should all refund on the basis of weeks attended as a proportion of 30
> (regardless of how many we actually teach).
>
> At their August meeting, Scottish Universities agreed that they would not
> follow the guidelines, preferring to retain a policy of refunding on the
> basis of terms or semesters attended wholly or in part.
>
> The CVCP guidelines would allow a student to attend 10 weeks of
> teaching in
> a 15 week semester, withdraw from the revision and exam periods and then
> claim a refund of a third of the cost of staging the module. Mmmmm, Nice!
>
> As for the issue of awards body refunds, my understanding is that there
> will be none. If they are here on 1 Dec, we keep the money.
>
> We have tried to make sense of all this on our website at:
>
http://www.st-and.ac.uk/services/registry/withdraw.htm
regards
Alastair
At 13:59 09/11/99 -0000, you wrote:
>Can anybody please jog my memory?
>
>Recently I have seen discussions/guidelines about refunds of tuition
>fees to self-payers on a pro-rata basis. Does anybody remember seeing
>anything about refunds in: - any of mailbase discussion lists, or SSIN,
>or UPDATE, or any other source?
>
>Thank you.
>Barbara
>
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