Petition · past parliament

Reduce fees for tuition and accommodation at universities

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Because of another national lockdown, university students are having to pay for tuition that is mostly all online and for accommodation that we aren’t allowed to go back to now. Students are angry at the fact we are paying so much and not getting what we are supposed to
To reduce the fees we are paying because the quality of education is not at the standard it should be because of covid.

Why it was rejected

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

Require universities to partially refund tuition fees for 20/21 due to Covid-19: Require universities to partially refund tuition fees for 20/21 due to Covid-19

Require universities to fully refund tuition fees for the Autumn term: Require universities to fully refund tuition fees for the Autumn term

Lower university tuition fees for students until online teaching ends: Lower university tuition fees for students until online teaching ends

Government subsidise this year's university tuition fees: Government subsidise this year's university tuition fees

Refund ALL University student tuition fees due to lack of quality in education: Refund ALL University student tuition fees due to lack of quality in education

Reduce student loan debts by the cost of all tuition fees paid during Covid-19: Reduce student loan debts by the cost of all tuition fees paid during Covid-19

Fees for student accommodation are a matter for individual landlords, but we have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Enable all students to end university tenancy agreements early due to Covid-19: Enable all students to end university tenancy agreements early due to Covid-19.

Reimburse student rents for all accommodation not used during this academic year: Reimburse student rents for all accommodation not used during this academic year

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.