Offer tuition-fee refunds to students impacted by the pandemic

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Government must force universities to compensate students who have not received a fair deal on fees through a tuition-fee rebate. Students who had their degrees negatively impacted by the pandemic are entitled to money back, but universities will not give it. Government must compel them to do so.

We know that universities profited handsomely from the pandemic. They received over £115 million in taxpayer money through the government's furlough programme, and have amassed an operating surplus of over £2.2 billion.

Many students had large parts of their degrees cancelled or moved online as a result of the pandemic. They received only a fraction of the educational experience their fees entitled them to.

Universities claims of financial distress have proved to be demonstrably false.

Why it was rejected

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

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Refund University tuition fees for 20/21 due to Covid-19: Refund University tuition fees for 20/21 due to Covid-19

Wipe Student Debts for Tuition Fees for University Students Affect by Covid: Wipe Student Debts for Tuition Fees for University Students Affect by Covid

Timeline

20 Feb 2022	Petition opened for signatures
23 Feb 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Feb 2022

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