"You can't get any higher award for making short films, let alone minute-and-40 second films," PES said.
The minimum award will be $250, the maximum $22,500, though individual plaintiffs can appeal if they think they deserve a higher award based on their emotional suffering.
For those under 21, students need two subjects at A-level oneone subject at A-level plus AS-levels; or a BTec higher award or equivalent.
Before setting up his current business, he worked at the University of Manchester's careers service, developing websites and IT systems to nurture and encourage student employability, winning a Times Higher Award for Outstanding Support for Students with Disabilities in 2006.
In 2003 he joined the University of Reading, where his distinguished academic contributions to the geographies of development and urban geography were recognised in 2007 with the higher award of Doctor of Science (DSc).
Dissatisfied claimants could still appeal to the courts in hope of a higher award, but they would be required to present their case to the board first, and to swear an affidavit backing their claim, on penalty of perjury.
