This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition I want there to be a review and change in how absences affect bursary payments.
I’ve been affected by this on many occasions, and have been left in a house with no electricity, starving, and in debt due to having missed as little as one class therefore leaving me in financial despair.
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We’re told that if our attendance is over 80%, then we shall be paid in full. This is not the case. You could miss one class out of your two week payment schedule, and that in turn heavily affects you, losing half of your income. Not all students live at home with parents, so for a lot of students, we relay on bursary payment to pay for food/toiletries/electricity/rent. When a situation like this occurs, it’s in turn leaving it’s students hungry, unable to live, and in debt.
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