SWEDEN

US student wins three-year battle against college
An American mathematics student will have her fees refunded after winning her case against a Swedish university that offered sub-standard tuition, reports The Local.Connie Askenbäck came to Sweden to study mathematics at Mälardalen University, a course which was later rapped for poor teaching standards. Following two years of studies, she asked the college in 2013 to return her tuition fees of SEK183,000 (at the time US$28,000) after the Swedish Higher Education Authority criticised the specific mathematics and statistics course as not reaching an appropriate standard.
“It was everything, from trouble communicating with teachers to a programming class where they didn’t even have enough chairs,” she told The Local. “It felt surreal, to the point where I questioned my own sanity.”
Full report on The Local site