Submitted on Thursday 2nd April 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 26th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Give all final year students a choice of repeating their year without fees.
Allow ALL final year university students to choose whether they are willing to repeat their third year at university without asking them to pay tuition fees.
Due to the strikes that occurred and the unforeseeable events of Covid-19, most final year students did not cover more than half the material they were suppose to. In addition to that, they are suffering with anxiety due to the uncertainty as to what will happen with their “exam alternatives” and whether their qualification will be penalised due to the lack of material taught. Furthermore, the year was paid in full even though no teaching was done during the third term.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about university courses are a matter for individual universities, not the UK Government or Parliament. The Office for Students has published guidance for providers about quality and standards during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which sets out its expectations regarding teaching and assessments: www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/guidance-for-providers-about-quality-and-standards-during-coronavirus-pandemic/
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
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302855
Require universities to reimburse students' tuition fees during strike action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300528
Refund university rent and tuition fees due to coronavirus: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304855
Refund university students for 3rd Semester Tuition 2020: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306494
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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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