Submitted on Sunday 20th February 2022
Rejected on Wednesday 23rd February 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Offer tuition-fee refunds to students impacted by the pandemic
Government must force universities to compensate students who have not received a fair deal on fees through a tuition-fee rebate. Students who had their degrees negatively impacted by the pandemic are entitled to money back, but universities will not give it. Government must compel them to do so.
We know that universities profited handsomely from the pandemic. They received over £115 million in taxpayer money through the government's furlough programme, and have amassed an operating surplus of over £2.2 billion.
Many students had large parts of their degrees cancelled or moved online as a result of the pandemic. They received only a fraction of the educational experience their fees entitled them to.
Universities claims of financial distress have proved to be demonstrably false.
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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.
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We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Refund University tuition fees for 20/21 due to Covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/595815
Wipe Student Debts for Tuition Fees for University Students Affect by Covid: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/598155
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