Graduate sues Oxford University for ‘negligent and boring’ teaching
LONDON: An Oxford graduate is suing the university for £1 million claiming the “appallingly bad and boring” tuition cost him a first-class degree as well as a successful career.
The Indian-origin student Faiz Siddiqui in his petition told the High Court he believes he would have had a career as an international commercial lawyer if he had been awarded a 1st class degree rather than the 2:1 he achieved 16 years ago.
The trained solicitor suffers from depression and insomnia, which he links to examination results, and…