I want there to be a review and change in how absences affect bursary payments.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

I’ve been affected by this on many occasions, and have been left in a house with no electricity, starving, and in debt due to having missed as little as one class therefore leaving me in financial despair.

We’re told that if our attendance is over 80%, then we shall be paid in full. This is not the case. You could miss one class out of your two week payment schedule, and that in turn heavily affects you, losing half of your income. Not all students live at home with parents, so for a lot of students, we relay on bursary payment to pay for food/toiletries/electricity/rent. When a situation like this occurs, it’s in turn leaving it’s students hungry, unable to live, and in debt.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We can't accept your petition because we are not sure what bursary scheme you are referring to.

You could start a new petition setting our clearly what scheme you are referring to and how it would like to change. The UK Government and Parliament is only responsible for student funding set nationally across England.

Timeline

16 Jan 2019	Petition opened for signatures
28 Jan 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 28 Jan 2019

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