Petitions tagged with "Universities"

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Tags are generated automatically from the petition contents, so sometimes they do end up being a bit imprecise. But manually tagging over a 100,000 petitions would be a bit of a stretch, so we'll just have to put up with the occasional dodgy tag. Sorry about that.

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• Strengthen our ties with the Commonwealth after Brexit
  Open from Friday 1st March 2019 to Sunday 1st September 2019
  95 signatures

• Replace RPI with CPI in the calculation of interest added to student loans
  Opened on Monday 23rd February 2026
  95 signatures so far

• Reduce Interest on Student Loans & Cap Total Debt at One Year’s Average Salary
  Opened on Monday 16th March 2026
  94 signatures so far

• Require University Libraries to close in lockdown
  Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
  94 signatures

• Do not allow universities to raise tuition fees from £9000 to the proposed £9250
  Open from Thursday 28th July 2016 to Saturday 28th January 2017
  93 signatures

• Abolish tuition fees
  Open from Friday 13th January 2023 to Thursday 13th July 2023
  92 signatures

• Put pressure on UK Universities to remove the fee to apply the Masters courses.
  Open from Tuesday 21st May 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
  92 signatures

• Make it free to train as a nurse.
  Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
  92 signatures

• Reverse the visa brake on student visa applications from Afghan nationals
  Opened on Monday 13th April 2026
  91 signatures so far

• Exclude Lifetime ISA (LISA) savings from the Universal Credit savings limit.
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  91 signatures

• Don’t consider bonus or overtime payments when calculating universal credit
  Open from Tuesday 24th December 2024 to Tuesday 24th June 2025
  90 signatures

• Make students on UK Ancestry visas eligible for home fees at university
  Open from Tuesday 6th July 2021 to Thursday 6th January 2022
  89 signatures

• Ban personal use of AI and require AI watermarks
  Opened on Friday 28th November 2025
  87 signatures so far

• Abolish the Minimum Income Floor in Universal Credit.
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  87 signatures

• Make mental health and wellbeing checks compulsory in all levels of education
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  87 signatures

• Ban the sale and possession of all firearms
  

• Make access to free and universal healthcare a protected human right
  Opened on Thursday 15th January 2026
  85 signatures so far

• Make Domestic & Sexual Abuse Policies Mandatory at Higher Education Institutions
  Open from Thursday 28th April 2022 to Friday 11th November 2022
  85 signatures

• Do not cut the number of visas for international students coming to the UK.
  Open from Friday 16th December 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
  81 signatures

• Regulate international educational partnerships to prevent foreign influence
  Open from Thursday 20th August 2020 to Saturday 20th February 2021
  81 signatures

• Require universities to refund students due to COVID disruptions and strikes
  Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
  80 signatures

• Add VAT to university tuition fees to ensure consistency in education tax policy
  Open from Thursday 28th August 2025 to Saturday 28th February 2026
  79 signatures

• Up Universal Credit benefit cap by £1000 so vunerable families get covid payment
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  78 signatures

• Put time limits on claiming housing & welfare benefits and require job-seeking
  Opened on Monday 19th January 2026
  77 signatures so far

• Give all British Citizens Overseas Access to Home Fees at English Universities
  Open from Tuesday 29th July 2025 to Thursday 29th January 2026
  77 signatures

• Increase maintenance loans for university students
  Open from Wednesday 11th December 2024 to Wednesday 11th June 2025
  76 signatures

• One-off additional £150 Universal Credit payment for Winter 2020
  Open from Thursday 19th November 2020 to Wednesday 19th May 2021
  76 signatures

• Increase investment in Higher Education
  Open from Tuesday 1st April 2025 to Wednesday 1st October 2025
  75 signatures

• Extend sugar tax to high sugar foods and restrict advertising
  

• Extension to the £20 weekly Universal Credit uplift for a minimum of 5 years.
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  74 signatures

• Tax meat and dairy to help cut emissions .
  Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
  74 signatures

• Raise 18 to 20's minimum wage to £8.20 an hour to match 21 to 24 year olds
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  74 signatures

• Implement an unconditional Universal Basic Income to over 16s in UK
  Open from Wednesday 12th May 2021 to Friday 12th November 2021
  73 signatures

• Universal credit increase for SEN and twins or other multiples of children
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  73 signatures so far

• Add an additional amount to Universal Credit for energy costs
  Open from Tuesday 8th February 2022 to Monday 8th August 2022
  73 signatures

• Provide interest-free loans for Muslim students progressing into university!
  Open from Friday 5th November 2021 to Thursday 5th May 2022
  72 signatures

• Introduce a Universal Basic Income in the next Budget
  Open from Thursday 25th February 2021 to Wednesday 25th August 2021
  71 signatures

• Remove the barriers for Higher Education students to claim Universal Credit
  Open from Wednesday 18th August 2021 to Friday 18th February 2022
  70 signatures

• Prioritise university workers for COVID 19 vaccine
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  69 signatures

• Fund free prescriptions for English university students
  Open from Monday 14th July 2025 to Wednesday 14th January 2026
  69 signatures

• Stop adding interest to student loans during maternity/paternity leave
  Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
  68 signatures

• Remove the cap on tax-free childcare so it meets more families’ needs
  

• Extend universal credit payments to cover 53 week rent years
  Open from Thursday 27th March 2025 to Saturday 27th September 2025
  67 signatures

• Carer's Allowance should be deducted as other incomes within Universal Credit
  Open from Wednesday 23rd November 2022 to Tuesday 23rd May 2023
  67 signatures

• Introduce financial support for online education and lifetime learning
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  67 signatures

• Have in house training for Maternity care assistants/ Msw's to become midwifes.
  Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2016 to Tuesday 23rd August 2016
  66 signatures

• Waive English test for UK-educated adults applying for naturalisation
  Open from Thursday 3rd July 2025 to Saturday 3rd January 2026
  66 signatures

• Ban discrimination against potential tenants on Universal Credit
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  65 signatures

• Reform how pension income is deducted from Universal Credit
  Open from Friday 4th June 2021 to Saturday 4th December 2021
  65 signatures

• All multiple occupancy premises must have a fully operational defibrillator.
  Open from Friday 8th April 2016 to Saturday 8th October 2016
  64 signatures

• Ban client side scanning (CSS) of private communications on personal devices
  Opened on Monday 23rd February 2026
  63 signatures so far

• Make free sanitary products in public and workplace toilets a legal requirement
  Open from Tuesday 30th August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  63 signatures

• Allow schools, universities, restaurants and shops to open in March
  Open from Thursday 4th February 2021 to Wednesday 4th August 2021
  63 signatures

• Fund universal predictive genetic testing for all at 18 years of age.
  Open from Thursday 29th September 2022 to Wednesday 29th March 2023
  63 signatures

• Award A Level Private Candidates Denied CAG's Their UCAS Predicted Grades.
  Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
  63 signatures

• Stop public funding for universities
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  62 signatures

• Refund tuition fees for 2020-2023 university students
  Open from Wednesday 23rd November 2022 to Tuesday 23rd May 2023
  62 signatures

• Require coroners to record and publish deaths by suicide at universities
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  62 signatures

• Students pre 2012 fee increase charged new rates to change of mode of study(Part-time to Full-time)
  Open from Tuesday 2nd April 2013 to Wednesday 2nd April 2014
  62 signatures

• Offer student visas and funding for higher education to students fleeing Ukraine
  Open from Thursday 3rd March 2022 to Saturday 3rd September 2022
  62 signatures

• Bring back the Education Maintenance Allowance for eligible students in England
  Open from Monday 21st February 2022 to Sunday 21st August 2022
  60 signatures

• Ban all radical islamic speakers from our universities
  Open from Tuesday 17th December 2013 to Wednesday 17th December 2014
  60 signatures

• Equalise maternity allowance with statutory pay & don’t reduce Universal Credit
  Open from Wednesday 24th September 2025 to Tuesday 24th March 2026
  60 signatures

• Increase the amount of maternity and paternity paid leave
  Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
  60 signatures

• Increase UC by £20/week for disabled claimants with limited capability to work.
  Open from Friday 5th November 2021 to Thursday 5th May 2022
  60 signatures

• Permit all public universities to test cannabis for medical use
  Open from Tuesday 6th March 2018 to Thursday 6th September 2018
  59 signatures

• Include university Art courses in those allowed to remain open
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  59 signatures

• End Universal Credit and reinstate previous system of benefits and tax credits
  Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
  58 signatures

• Stop the governments plan to cut the disability element of Universal credit.
  Opened on Friday 1st May 2026
  58 signatures so far

• End the practice of combining couples' Universal Credit into a single payment
  Open from Friday 7th November 2025 to Thursday 7th May 2026
  58 signatures

• Reverse Ofqual/DfE's decision to abolish Critical Thinking at AS/A Level.
  Open from Monday 14th December 2015 to Tuesday 14th June 2016
  57 signatures

• Increase Universal Credit and legacy benefits by £25 a week
  Open from Monday 31st October 2022 to Sunday 30th April 2023
  57 signatures

• Require MPs & Councillors to have minimum 5 yrs employment in industry/commerce
  Open from Tuesday 20th May 2025 to Thursday 20th November 2025
  57 signatures

• Remove the 2 child limit for Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit
  Open from Monday 22nd August 2022 to Wednesday 8th March 2023
  56 signatures

• Offer financial support for students who have had to defer for medical reasons.
  Open from Monday 9th May 2016 to Wednesday 9th November 2016
  56 signatures

• Make NHS bonus covid payments of £500 exempt from UC calculation
  Open from Monday 2nd August 2021 to Wednesday 2nd February 2022
  56 signatures

• Have a person in all education institutions responsible for dealing with racism
  Open from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 to Monday 22nd March 2021
  55 signatures

• #StandUpForStudents
  Open from Tuesday 9th December 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
  55 signatures

• Lower the cost of university tuition fees.
  Open from Wednesday 16th January 2019 to Tuesday 16th July 2019
  55 signatures

• Scrap the two-child limit for Universal Credit and Child Tax Credits
  Open from Monday 31st January 2022 to Sunday 31st July 2022
  55 signatures

• Stop DWP powers to receive universal credit claimants bank account information
  Opened on Wednesday 25th March 2026
  55 signatures so far

• Make political education a part of the national curriculum.
  Open from Tuesday 22nd October 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
  54 signatures

• Stop arms sales to Indonesia until West Papua has a free Self Determination vote
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  54 signatures

• Fund NHS access to Tofersen for all people with SOD-1 Motor Neuron Disease
  Opened on Wednesday 17th December 2025
  54 signatures so far

• Change the ‘whole month’ approach to change of circumstances in Universal Credit
  Open from Tuesday 25th February 2025 to Monday 25th August 2025
  54 signatures

• Stop assessing student loans as income for Universal Credit
  Open from Thursday 2nd January 2025 to Wednesday 2nd July 2025
  54 signatures

• Hold a national referendum on introducing Digital ID
  Opened on Friday 8th May 2026
  53 signatures so far

• Provide funding to ITT providers to give trainee teachers a salary.
  Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
  53 signatures

• Increase Universal Credit to match National Living Wage and change savings rules
  Open from Friday 22nd July 2022 to Sunday 5th February 2023
  53 signatures

• Review Universal Credit rules for self-employed parents and fair reform
  Opened on Tuesday 14th April 2026
  51 signatures so far

• Extend student maintenance loans to full-time Distance Learning students
  Open from Thursday 4th November 2021 to Wednesday 4th May 2022
  51 signatures

• Allow university students to return home for the Easter Holiday
  Open from Friday 5th March 2021 to Sunday 5th September 2021
  50 signatures

• The government should not introduce NHS fees to international students
  Open from Wednesday 9th October 2013 to Thursday 9th October 2014
  50 signatures

• Allow university students to be able to register at 2 GP surgeries
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  49 signatures

• Add mental health training to teaching courses
  Open from Monday 27th September 2021 to Sunday 27th March 2022
  49 signatures

• Raise the national minimum wage for 18-20 year olds
  Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
  49 signatures

• For Student Finance England to acknowledge their mistakes with payment errors!
  Open from Tuesday 27th March 2018 to Thursday 27th September 2018
  49 signatures

• Limit universal credit overpayment recovery to 5% of entitlement
  Open from Wednesday 20th August 2025 to Friday 20th February 2026
  48 signatures

• Base university home fee status on visa application date, not arrival date
  Open from Monday 17th February 2025 to Sunday 17th August 2025
  48 signatures

• Change requirements for managed quarantine for international students
  Open from Wednesday 30th June 2021 to Thursday 30th December 2021
  47 signatures

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