Petition · past parliament
Refund 2020/21 Tuition Fees to All Students in UK Universities
Rejected
18 signatures
What the petition asks
The Covid-19 Pandemic has seen University Students sent home while still having to pay the £9,000 tuition fees. All while the majority of University Lectures take place within a Zoom call. This is leaving UK students worse off financially and they should get some kind of refund or compensation.
Tuition Fees regardless of whether a pandemic is happening or not leaves every student with a hole in their pocket. Nobody should have to be thinking about their financial situation during a course they have passionately pursued. It is imperative that the Students of the UK get a refund for the academic year 2020/21 because they have been unable to utilise a University’s resources due to the pandemic. Therefore, it is unfair that they have been forced to pay up to £9,000 just for a Zoom call.
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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You may be interested to know that the Petitions Committee investigated the impact of Covid-19 on university students, after it received a large petition last year calling for students to have their fees reimbursed due to strikes and COVID-19.
Read the Committee's report: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmpetitions/527/52702.htm
Read the Government's response to the report, including reaction from Petitions Committee Chair Catherine McKinnell MP: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/119066/Petitions-government-response-covid-19-university-students-19-21.
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
Government subsidise this year's university tuition fees: Government subsidise this year's university tuition fees
You may be interested to know that the Petitions Committee investigated the impact of Covid-19 on university students, after it received a large petition last year calling for students to have their fees reimbursed due to strikes and COVID-19.
Read the Committee's report: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmpetitions/527/52702.htm
Read the Government's response to the report, including reaction from Petitions Committee Chair Catherine McKinnell MP: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/119066/Petitions-government-response-covid-19-university-students-19-21.
Timeline
| 4 Mar 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 10 Mar 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
18
Status
Rejected
Rejected
10 Mar 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.