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Do the universities have a legal right to fine you for getting in trouble with the police?

I got in trouble in December for playing loud music late as night. Spoke to two council offers after they knocked on the door, spoke to the police in the morning. All apologies accepted, no hassle, just asked not to do it again.

I then get Sargent Jobsworth at the university send me a letter asking me and my house mates to attend a meeting. The outcome is that I have to pay a £30 fine.

Do they have the legal right to do that? The event happened outside term time in a house I pay rent for. I don't understand how it is legal for them to be able to do ANYTHING bar kick you out.
 
id never pay for that. its the polices job to 'punish' you. i cant see how its got anything to do with uni if your in private housing

some unis do have a thing where they say they have the right to kick you out if you get into trouble with police though. but i cant see how they can do it for something this trivial

ask them where the money goes
 
Is it a university owned house that you rent from them or from a separate company who do student housing?
If it's the latter then I'd never pay as it has nothing to do with the university.
 
If it is university owned property then I guess they can do what ever the hell they like. If it is property you are renting from a private landlord that is not connected to the uni in anyway then they can't make you pay anything. Tell the university officer person to pound that fine up his jacksy
 
It is a privately rented house. The landlord has nothing to do with the university, he thinks the £30 is ridiculous.
 
It makes this all worse than the events happened outside term time. We're talking about Newcastle university if any of you by chance are here.

Should I write back to the student disciplinary officer and ask her to provide evidence that they have the legal authority to issue fines.
 
All I can find on the website is this:

Procedure A
Where the Head of the Student Progress Service so decides, s/he shall have the right to
deal with an allegation of misconduct. Where the Head of the Student Progress Service
is satisfied that a student has committed an act of misconduct, one or more of the
following sanctions may be imposed:
i) A warning, in writing, advising the student about future conduct. Where a student
has previously received a warning, or where the Head of the Student Progress
Service deems fit, the student may receive a final warning.
ii) A compensation payment for the direct cost of reparations to property.
iii) A fine.
The Head of the Student Progress Service may also impose additional or alternate
sanctions after consultation with the Disciplinary Convenor.

That does not explain how or why they are legally allowed to fine you.
 
That's as ridiculous as me getting in to trouble at my home address in Kent and them writing me a letter asking for £30.

I am seriously angry about this. This is not school. I am not a kid and those ****** should not have the ability to fine me over something which the police/council are OK with and the fact I apologised to all the neighbours, who were also fine.
 
Burnsy2023 said:
That in your code of conduct?

If it is, then the fact that you agreed to it when enrolling gives them the ability to fine you.
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i would still argue why they need to fine you and not just a written warning?

and if they do fine you where the hell is the money going?
 
scott212 said:
That's as ridiculous as me getting in to trouble at my home address in Kent and them writing me a letter asking for £30.

I am seriously angry about this. This is not school. I am not a kid and those ****** should not have the ability to fine me over something which the police/council are OK with and the fact I apologised to all the neighbours, who were also fine.
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But if it's in the agreement you signed....
 
scott212 said:
That's as ridiculous as me getting in to trouble at my home address in Kent and them writing me a letter asking for £30.

I am seriously angry about this. This is not school. I am not a kid and those ****** should not have the ability to fine me over something which the police/council are OK with and the fact I apologised to all the neighbours, who were also fine.
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I think you're only option is to try appeal the fine.
 
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