Who owns the rights in works produced by students?
As long as they are not paid employees, such as some research students etc, students will own the rights in any work that they produce as part of their studies. This means that if you wish to reuse any of their work, you will need to ask their permission. A study carried out by JISC Legal www.jisclegal.ac.uk into IP and student works (see http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/publications/studentipr.htm) has unveiled some complexities and possibly irregularities in the case where students assign their IP to their university or college as a condition being accepted on to a course of study.
