Petition · past parliament

Give practical creative uni courses the same priority as academic courses.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Under the new lockdown, almost all university teaching will be going online, including creative degrees. However, academic courses that have a practical element have been allowed to continue with on site teaching. Meanwhile, creative degrees that require a practical element are forced to go online.
Whilst I acknowledge the importance of STEM being given priority, thousands of young people (at least) both from the UK and abroad have invested time and money in a creative career path and an imperative part of so many creative courses is the practical element and on site teaching. As students, we ask that we are given the same priority as academic courses that also require a practical element to their teaching.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Include university Art courses in those allowed to remain open

Timeline

5 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
12 Jan 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Jan 2021

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