Submitted on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Rejected on Thursday 21st May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Give students a choice to achieve their predicted grade or complete their degree
Across the UK, schools and colleges have been closed and GCSE and A-Level exams have been cancelled due to COVID-19. University students have so far been ignored in these plans and must finish all of their assignments without being able to attend classes to achieve a grade.
COVID-19 has had a major impact on many students, including those whose loved ones have fallen ill, suffer mental health issues or have to care for family members at home. The government has not currently identified this as an issue and expects students to continue as normal. To give students the option between receiving their target grade or completing the work from their final assignments would put them in the same position as other students across the country and focus on what matters most.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about university teaching, assessments and exams are a matter for individual universities, not the UK Government or Parliament.
If you have concerns about your university's arrangements for teaching and assessment you should raise these with your university or the Office for Students, which regulates the higher education sector.
We understand that the current situation is stressful for many people, including students. Student Minds, a mental health charity for students, is collating guidance and developing resources to support students experiencing stress as a result of the current situation, which you may find useful: www.studentminds.org.uk/coronavirus.html
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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