Petition · past parliament

Write off student debt of students impacted by COVID-19

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The governments should write off the debt for students who have been impacted by COVID-19 for the academic year 2020/21 as well as second semester of the year 2019/20 by at least 60%. Our education has been sub standard to previous years, due to lockdown, online learning and handling of COVID-19.
During this pandemic university students have been largely forgotten about. Our education despite the universities best efforts has been at a much lower standard, courses that rely on practical work are vastly impacted not allowing students to gain valuable skills needed for careers e.g. having to watch dissection videos instead of performing them. We should not have to pay back all the money spent on tuition and accommodation as we have not received the education we deserve or have paid for.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

4 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
11 Jan 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 11 Jan 2021

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