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This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition Remove all university subject entry requirements for the students of 2020

I am a student who's exams have been cancelled just like everyone else's in the UK and like many, have lost motivation. The best idea is to scrap entry requirements from every university for just this year. What I mean by this is scrap subject entry requirements and not grade entry requirements.

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If grade requirements are scrapped then anyone with extremely low grades could get into a top university which would not match the university's reputation. An example would be, if a university needs Biology as ab A level to do Neuroscience bsc, and I originally applied for psychology, since they are both subjects in a similar field, and if my grade is close to what they originally wanted, I get to study there. Thus, all students go through a clearing process giving motivation to all students.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Entry requirements are a matter for individual universities, which are autonomous institutions, not the UK Government or Parliament.

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