Student tuition fees for 2020/21 should be refunded due to the impact of COVID19

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

On attending University, students enter into a contract to pay tuition fees to receive quality teaching on a course of their choosing. Due to COVID-19, this agreement cannot be honoured and therefore the government should refund the fees for the 2020/21 academic year.

Arts courses, such as drama, have been particularly affected. Social distancing measures have prevented adequate face to face work. The government should recognise their inability to provide reasonably priced education this year and provide a refund to eligible university students.

Why it was rejected

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

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Timeline

3 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
8 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Jan 2021

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