{"id":318447,"date":"2026-02-16T21:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uk-students-take-legal-action-over-covid-uni-fees\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:00:05","slug":"uk-students-take-legal-action-over-covid-uni-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uk-students-take-legal-action-over-covid-uni-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"UK students take legal action over Covid uni fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/PNLEOg6KL2Q\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"UK students take legal action over Covid uni fees\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PNLEOg6KL2Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Over 170,000 students will be taking legal action against 36 universities in the UK, claiming they didn\u2019t get the education they paid for during the Covid pandemic. 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