This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Reduce tuition fee’s for students during the COVID-19 pandemic
During COVID-19 students have been forced to work from home, and study online when possible, in an attempt to minimise the spread of the virus.
Although universities have implemented some steps, we need the Government to realise it is unjust to charge tuition fee’s during this time.
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Students have seen their studies heavily impacted and have been left with minimal support from the Government during this pandemic.
Students who may be temporarily incapacitated because of the virus are unable to study and have seen no financial relief from tuition fees.
Those who are fortunate enough to be fit and healthy are also seeing their studies impacted through the uncertainty of when academia will return to normality.
Stand with us and support students during this difficult time.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Suspending or reducing tuition fees is a matter for individual universities, and not the Government or House of Commons.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
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 third term rent for students in private accommodation: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/319510
Refund university students for 3rd Semester Tuition 2020: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306494
Reimburse students on their year abroad who are affected by Coronavirus: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302805
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
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/
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.