Petition · past parliament
All Universities must give refund to International Students studying in UK
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Education ministry must reduce Bachelors and Master's fees starting Jan 2020 intake for all International students. International students pay double the fee of what UK/EU students pay. It is not fair to International students who do not have any access to work/govt. support during this pandemic.
International students pay higher fees and contribute towards UK's economy. International students are right now worst affected due to Convid-19 pandemic. With Education loans to pay back to banks and able to survive in UK without any help is not an ideal situation. Universities have moved to Online studies but it is not what a Student have paid for.
Govt must intervene to provide some support to International students as well and direct all universities to atleast refund 25% of fees.
Govt must intervene to provide some support to International students as well and direct all universities to atleast refund 25% of fees.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19:
Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19
Require universities to reimburse students' tuition fees during strike action: Require universities to reimburse students' tuition fees during strike action
Refund university rent and tuition fees due to coronavirus: Refund university rent and tuition fees due to coronavirus
Refund university students for 3rd Semester Tuition 2020: Refund university students for 3rd Semester Tuition 2020
Reimburse students on their year abroad who are affected by Coronavirus: Reimburse students on their year abroad who are affected by Coronavirus
Extend Tier-4 visas and waive third-term tuition fee for international students: Extend Tier-4 visas and waive third-term tuition fee for international students
Pay international students weekly wage equal to 20 hrs to meet monthly expenses: Pay international students weekly wage equal to 20 hrs to meet monthly expenses
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19:
Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19
Require universities to reimburse students' tuition fees during strike action: Require universities to reimburse students' tuition fees during strike action
Refund university rent and tuition fees due to coronavirus: Refund university rent and tuition fees due to coronavirus
Refund university students for 3rd Semester Tuition 2020: Refund university students for 3rd Semester Tuition 2020
Reimburse students on their year abroad who are affected by Coronavirus: Reimburse students on their year abroad who are affected by Coronavirus
Extend Tier-4 visas and waive third-term tuition fee for international students: Extend Tier-4 visas and waive third-term tuition fee for international students
Pay international students weekly wage equal to 20 hrs to meet monthly expenses: Pay international students weekly wage equal to 20 hrs to meet monthly expenses
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
Timeline
| 12 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 28 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
28 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.