Petition · past parliament

Making universities cancel residence associated fees and rents

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Students should not have to pay for university accommodation that they are currently unable to use due to covid-19 therefore residences fees should be waived
rely on SFE which means more debt, and therefore more anxiety in this already difficult time. If students are not living in residences, why should they payand accumulate debt for residences they are no longer using.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

24 Mar 2020 Petition opened for signatures
27 Mar 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 27 Mar 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.