Temporarily relax the cap on student numbers at universities

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Revise upwards the cap on student numbers at universities to allow them to recruit based on predicted grades without being fined.

The current situation where young people have had their A level grades reduced by a fixed algorithm is unjust and disproportionately affects disadvantaged areas. Universities could allow more students to enter but would face significant fines for breaching their capped student numbers.

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

Since you stated your petition the Government has stated that to ensure students can progress to higher education, the government intends to remove the temporary student number controls (SNCs) which had been introduced for the coming academic year 2020/21: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-number-controls/student-number-controls-further-guidance

Timeline

14 Aug 2020	Petition opened for signatures
20 Aug 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Aug 2020

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