Petition · past parliament
Lower tuition fees and grade boundaries for uni students during the pandemic
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Students have received a poor quality of teaching and lack of support yet are still expected to pay the full amount of tuition during the pandemic. Loans should get lowered and grade boundaries should get dropped.
It is not fair how there has been a pandemic going on in the world and students are still expected to produce the same quality of work and pay the same amount of loans whilst the level of teaching is no where near what it was before the pandemic. We are having to teach ourselves modules and complete assignments while lecturers are are unresponsive and therefore offer no help or guidance when needed. WE NEED MORE HELP PLEASE. WE ARE INVISIBLE RIGHT NOW AND NEED TO BE HEARD.
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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Decisions about university courses and marking are a matter for individual universities, not the UK Government or Parliament. The Office for Students has published guidance for providers about quality and standards during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which sets out its expectations regarding teaching and assessments: https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/guidance-for-providers-about-quality-and-standards-during-coronavirus-pandemic/
If you have concerns about your university's arrangements for teaching and assessment you should raise these with your university or the Office for Students, which regulates the higher education sector.
Government subsidise this year's university tuition fees
Government subsidise this year's university tuition fees
Lower university tuition fees for students until online teaching ends
Lower university tuition fees for students until online teaching ends
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
Decisions about university courses and marking are a matter for individual universities, not the UK Government or Parliament. The Office for Students has published guidance for providers about quality and standards during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which sets out its expectations regarding teaching and assessments: https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/guidance-for-providers-about-quality-and-standards-during-coronavirus-pandemic/
If you have concerns about your university's arrangements for teaching and assessment you should raise these with your university or the Office for Students, which regulates the higher education sector.
Timeline
| 5 Jan 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Jan 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
12 Jan 2021
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