Petition · past parliament
Reduce University Fees for 2020/2021
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Due to COVID-19, many universities have made the decision to move all large scale lectures online. As most lectures are large scale, this means that the campus is almost completely off limits and we feel that this level and quality of teaching is not worth £9,250.
COVID-19 is effecting the lives of thousands, including students. In order for our studying to commence under safe practises, many universities have made the decision to not only push back the starting term date, but also move teaching online. As we have now experienced this way of teaching during the lockdown period, we do not believe it lives up to the high quality of teaching that is promised and expected and is not worth £9,250 every year. We are asking you to reconsider the yearly fee.
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
The fees universities charge are a matter for individual universities, and not the Government or House of Commons.
If your university course is affected by coronavirus in the next academic year, you could start a petition calling on the Government to reimburse all or part of your tuition fees.
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Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
If your university course is affected by coronavirus in the next academic year, you could start a petition calling on the Government to reimburse all or part of your tuition fees.
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
| 21 May 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.