This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Give UAL students special consideration during coronavirus pandemic
We need parliament to review UAL’s grading for this academic year to ensure fair grading. A lot of students have prepared all year for our final major project, performing poorly on other subjects to ensure enough time to find out we have to update all units within a month which is very unrealistic.
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UAL has stated they will assess previous units to come to a “fair” decision for a final grade but prior units leading up to the final major project are marked on a pass/fail. Colleges prompted students to prepare for the final major project, so we did not do more than required for our previous units.We will be marked on work that is not reflective of our ability. This needs to be altered to match A levels, as it seems more consideration has been given to those and we have been left to wonder.
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Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Decisions about university courses, including start dates, teaching, assessments and exams are a matter for individual universities, not the UK Government or Parliament.
If you have concerns about your university's arrangements for teaching and assessment you should raise these with your university or the Office for Students, which regulates the higher education sector.
We understand that the current situation is stressful for many people, including students. Student Minds, a mental health charity for students, is collating guidance and developing resources to support students experiencing stress as a result of the current situation, which you may find useful: https://www.studentminds.org.uk/coronavirus.html
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https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
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You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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