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BECAUSE OF A UNIVERSITY PENSIONS ROW
everything I was doing this semester.
“My mental health has not been this bad since I first arrived in first year. I’m a third year now, I’m used to being at university, my mental health was in a very good place, and it just completely threw me for a loop, it did everyone, even people without mental health problems and dealing with a horrific amount of stress.
“I think it’s the unjustness of it all and the reaction of the administration.
“I’ve had such a good time at Manchester, but now when I look back on it, all I’m going to think about is this. I do get support from my parents, I’m not going say that I’m not well-off, I am. But university is expensive, we pay a fortune, rent is ridiculous. It’s not like I’m coming here for a jolly. I’m someone with learning difficulties, so that adds another whole upset, I have to work twice as hard as anyone else to get what I get because I am super dyslexic and it is difficult.
Bosses at the University of Manchester said they prefer to ‘resolve matters in an amicable and collegiate way’ following reports students were considering legal action.
A spokesman said: “The university is always keen to resolve student issues without the need for legal action as we don’t think it necessarily benefits either party – we believe that we have the means within the university to resolve matters in an amicable and collegiate way. “We are unable to comment on any potential legal action.”