This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Refund University Fees or offer an additional semester to International students
Given the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, we request the universities to waive the 2020 summer term fees and pay back 30% of the spring term fee for the Indian students. If not, we request universities to offer an additional semester of study to International students
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Indian & non-EU students pay nearly 3 times more in their fees. Many come from a modest background; hence they supplement their expenses & finance their university fees through part-time jobs; many of such jobs have been lost.
Additionally, universities are now asking for full payment of fees for the summer term. This is in addition to the already paid spring semester fees; a semester which has moved online with far below standard experience.
Given this crisis, we have filed for this petition
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302855
Require universities to reimburse students' tuition fees during strike action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300528
Refund university rent and tuition fees due to coronavirus: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304855
Refund university students for 3rd Semester Tuition 2020: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306494
Extend Tier-4 visas and waive third-term tuition fee for international students: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310825
Extended Visas indefinitely for International Students: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304442
Extend proposed Graduate visa route to 2019-20 batch of students due to COVID19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/314710
Pay international students weekly wage equal to 20 hrs to meet monthly expenses: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310054
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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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