Submitted on Friday 15th May 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 29th July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Stop payments and reimburse Postgrad students paying private accommodation fees.
We want the government to formally recognise postgraduate students circumstances independent to those of undergraduates. Postgraduate students do not have the same financial support as undergraduates and are without the crucial maintenance loan which would contribute towards living costs.
Across the nation, postgraduates have had to return to their respective homes as a result of the pandemic/lock-down. Despite their privately rented accommodation being uninhabited and no expenditure on household bills currently present for landlords, postgrads are still expected to uphold payments for their housing. Without a maintenance loan and most unable to work, financially it's becoming unfeasible to satisfy payments. Further pressure is being put on our family members (often guarantors) who already are struggling to satisfy their independent living costs.
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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 these petitions instead:
Refund university rent and tuition fees due to coronavirus: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304855
Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302855
Refund third term rent for students in private accommodation: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/319510
You might also be interested to read our report into the impact of coronavirus on university students, which calls on the Government to consider funding universities to refund students: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmpetitions/527/52702.htm
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 find 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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