Refund our tuition fees for the period of time that our lecturers are on strike.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

From the 22nd February all university lecturers at 85 universities will be going on strike, with regards to their pensions. This is anticipated to last approximately 3-4 weeks. As we will not be taught, we argue that for this period we should be refunded our tuition fees during that period of time.

http://www.thenationalstudent.com/Opinion/2018-01-30/university_lecturers_are_going_on_strike_and_students_should_get_a_refund.html

As per the above article, we as students are estimated to lose out by £675 per student as a result of the impending strike action. That equates to £650m in total. Whilst many students are appreciative of the need and right to strike, we as the 'consumer' should be awarded a refund of our already extensive tuition fees for this period.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The decision to refund student tuition fees would be responsibility of universities, rather than the UK Government or Parliament.

You could start a petition asking the Government to make it law for universities to issue refunds when students don't receive lessons as a result of strikes.

Timeline

1 Feb 2018	Petition opened for signatures
14 Feb 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Feb 2018

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