Submitted on Tuesday 17th November 2020
Rejected on Monday 23rd November 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Introduce 'Non-Detriment Policy' for Universities in the 2020/2021 Academic Year
With the current disruption caused by the pandemic and the way in which course material is being taught, it is believed that the current trajectory for assessments, within the university spectrum, will not include the non-detriment policy. This puts courses with lots of people at a disadvantage
We would like the government to review assessment formats and establish a fair way to assess its students as a whole. After the previous academic year, it was found that the non-detriment policy helped students without giving them any great advantage.
The current format of teaching is subpar and as such we believe it is disadvantageous to proceed with returning back to the normal way of assessing students. The situation with the virus has not improved enough to justify this change
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Universities are autonomous institutions so they way they deliver courses and assess students is a matter for individual universities, not the Government or House of Commons.
The Office for Students, which regulates the higher education sector in England, published guidance for providers about quality and standards during coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in March, which notes that ‘no detriment’ or ‘safety net’ policies introduces by some providers are likely to be appropriate, but such policies are a matter for individual providers, and must meet conditions for awarding bodies: www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/f351a739-6cd6-4310-8f98-a6aa603f17f4/quality-and-standards-guidance-during-coronavirus.pdf
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