Unemployed graduate sues Oxford for $1.3 m over inadequate teaching

An unemployed graduate is suing Oxford University because he did not get a first-class degree, which he claims hindered his chances of a lucrative legal career.

Faiz Siddiqui began his court case at London's High Court on Tuesday over allegations of "inadequate" teaching he received on an Indian special subject, part of his modern history course, which he said resulted him in getting a second-grade 2:1 degree in June 2000 instead of a "first" or high 2:1.

He claimed that had he received adequate teaching and achieved his higher grade, he would have gone on to become an international commercial lawyer.