Resume face-to-face teaching in Higher Education environments for all courses

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

After 2 terms of discordance and confusion between the Government and HE students on face-to-face teaching, and following the relaxation of Covid restrictions from April 12, we want the government to provide guidance for and allow Universities to offer face-to-face teaching for all courses.

April 12 marks the day that non-essential retail, outdoor hospitality and personal care venues can reopen. We believe that face-to-face teaching should continue following this relaxation. Current university students have been disproportionately affected by these guidelines. From the 12th, we can spend hours shopping indoors, but do not have access to our lecturers, classes and peers in person. Valuable life experiences and learning have been unnecessarily compromised.

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 a similar action: Allow all students to return to university at the start of the Summer term

Since you started your petition the Government has announced that remaining university students are to return to campus from Step 3 of the roadmap, no earlier than 17 May: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/remaining-university-students-to-return-to-campus-from-step-3-of-the-roadmap-no-earlier-than-17-may

Timeline

11 Apr 2021	Petition opened for signatures
15 Apr 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Apr 2021

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