Submitted on Saturday 9th March 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 26th March 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
To be or not to be an adult! Higher education should not be funded by families.
If an 18 year old is in work, their employer does not pay them less because they have assessed their household income and decided their family should contribute. The same should apply to higher education. If an 18+ chooses higher education, their funding should be based on their income alone.
Families are being forced into financial difficulty in order to support their sons and daughters in their choice to engage in higher education. We now have positive discrimination - the poorer your family the more affordable your higher education experience. Level the playing field. Assess each 18+ on their circumstances & give them the support they need. At 18 you are an adult. Stop exploiting families as an easy option for the government to save money, the cost is greater than you realise.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because we aren't sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.
We understand that you are concerned about the cost of higher education, but we aren't sure what changes you would like the Government to make.
You could start a new petition setting out clearly how you would like the system to work.
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