Tens of thousands more students join legal action over Covid-hit studies

Sign-ups to Student Group Claim in England and Wales escalate amid reports of £21m payout by University College London

Tens of thousands more students who were at university during the pandemic have joined a group claim for compensation, amid reports of a £21m payout by one of the UK’s leading institutions.

Lawyers acting for student claimants said a further 30,000 from different universities had signed up to the Student Group Claim this week, taking the total to almost 200,000.