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Apply mitigating circumstances to all university students due to COVID-19

Submitted on Sunday 15th March 2020

Rejected on Wednesday 25th March 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Apply mitigating circumstances to all university students due to COVID-19

Petition Details

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we consider that students are under extraordinary circumstances in which normal university standards should not be applied. For that reason, we want the Government to make all British Universities apply mitigating circumstances to every student.

Additional Information

Under normal conditions, students suffer from sufficient stress over their university results. During this outbreak, they suffer anxiety due to their concern about their own wellness and that of their loved ones. For that reason, we expect the Government and the Universities to be empathetic towards them and act consequently by releasing suffering from them, lowering the marking criteria that is used in normal occasions.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We understand that you want university students to be show due consideration during the coronavirus outbreak, but it's not clear what you want the Government or Parliament to do to achieve this.

Decisions about exams and assessments are a matter for individual universities, and are not the UK Government or Parliament.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: www.gov.uk/coronavirus

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