This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Stop students paying for their own graduation at university.
Tuition prices have rocketed and it is unfair on students to pay to be awarded for their own achievement. For many families and students, finding that amount of money is difficult, if not outright unfeasible.
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The cost of graduation is a serious problem, and for those who can't afford it, the effect on family members can be distressing. Universities increasingly seem to be operating graduation on a business model, where the aim is to make a profit from the attendees. Michael Chessum, president of the University of London student union, sees graduation costs as "a symptom of the way in which universities are seeing students more and more as consumers."
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