Petition · past parliament

Refund Student loans in proportion to the online teaching over the past year

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Due to the new announcement that students are to be stopped from going back to in person teaching this summer term it seems appropriate that a full or partial refund should be made to students to reflect this.
The government should offer a full or partial refund to students of their loans to reflect the online teaching. Whilst online teaching in many cases is good it is not as good as in person teaching!
Also, those of us who have been virtually attending Universities will see longer lasting impacts on us in areas such as the job market!
The government and parliament should reflect this by offering a refund proportional to the lose of teaching time, access to resources, and work spaces.

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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Timeline

13 Apr 2021 Petition opened for signatures
19 Apr 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 19 Apr 2021

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