Submitted on Wednesday 29th April 2020
Rejected on Thursday 28th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Change the way university students are being graded.
Consider grading changes for students of universities due to the current covid pandemic. Younger students, A levels and Gcse, have been given predicted grades for subjects but mature students, with families and young children are still expected to complete the same assessments.
Mature students are struggling university work due to dealing with home schooling and the stress of the pandemic. Universities are unsure what to do about the situation as nothing has been put in place for higher education students. These mature students are juggling home schooling their own children while trying to teach themselves work that has been missed due to closures of the universities. The pandemic is causing different stresses for each individual effecting grades and submissions.
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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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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