THE UNIVERSITY & THE STUDENT:RIGHTS,RESPONSIBILITI

G.R. Evans is a Cambridge Fellow who is the Public Policy Secretary of the Council for Academic Freedom and Academic Standards. She has thirty years' experience of teaching in HE and substantial 'case experience'. Jaswinder Gill is a leading solicitor specialising in student cases and is currently acting for 4 former students of South Thames College in their action for ?500,000 of compensation.

1. Becoming a student: applications, offers and requirements; 2. The contract between student and university; 3. Welfare and safety; 4. The course - what is required by both parties; 5. Examinations; 6. Keeping the rules; 7. The staff - student boundary; 8. Complaints; 9. Getting help; 10. Remedies and practical solutions; 11. The student whistleblower and the university's response to criticism