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Friday, 31 October 2014

Warwick University PLC 2

Fair play, decency, contrite apology, isn't that what you would expect from Warwick University? Not a £50,000 legal bill for defending a frivolous disciplinary case you have successfully rebutted. I think  I'll add Warwick to my growing list of UK "universities" that I don't want to have anything to do with.
Posted by Colin at 07:59

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

A recent story shows they don't treat their students much better...
http://metro.co.uk/2014/12/03/police-use-cs-gas-on-students-during-peaceful-university-protest-4973157/

4 December 2014 at 02:46

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