Submitted on Tuesday 7th April 2020
Rejected on Thursday 28th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Universities to refund/ to not withdraw the tuition fees for this semester.
Work with all universities/ colleges/ higher education establishments with tuition fees to either reimburse all students that have already paid their fees for this semester or to cancel the direct debits set up by students as tuition fees are due to be withdrawn soon from their accounts.
Considering the current situation and the fact that most universities are closed for the rest of the academic year, and despite the best efforts of tutors, professors and university staff in general, it is safe to say that online teaching cannot replace face-to-face teaching. Students paying the regular fees for this semester turns their studies into overpriced online courses and alleviating them of said cost would help a lot of people not only financially but also mentally.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
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
Reimburse students on their year abroad who are affected by Coronavirus: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302805
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