Petition · past parliament

Regularization of online course options in British universities

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

1. Make online teaching as a regular way of teaching and learning in this epidemic situation.
2. Students should be able to choose to study online freely instead of being asked to apply.
1. Practical difficulties:
- Policy uncertainty
- The issue of rental housing
- Difficulties with airline tickets
- Difficulties in the family
- Health care difficulties
2. Human rights and freedom:
- Equality of freedoms and individual choice
- Discrimination on the basis of race
- Psychological torture
- Inequality of medical care
- The relevance of choice and responsibility
3. The feasibility of online teaching:
- Adequate technical conditions
- Sufficient network conditions
- Adequate online interactive products
4. Objective hazard of Coronavirus:...
500 words is not enough to explain at all.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Decisions about whether elements of university courses are delivered virtually are a matter for individual universities, not the UK Government or Parliament.

As a result it is not possible for the Government or Parliament to take the action you have requested.

If you wish to raise a complaint against how your university is delivering teaching during the pandemic, you can contact the Office for the Independent Adjudicator for higher education here: https://www.oiahe.org.uk/students/how-to-complain-to-us/.

Timeline

6 Dec 2021 Petition opened for signatures
10 Dec 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 10 Dec 2021

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