Rejected petition Reduce University Fees for 2020/2021

Due to COVID-19, many universities have made the decision to move all large scale lectures online. As most lectures are large scale, this means that the campus is almost completely off limits and we feel that this level and quality of teaching is not worth £9,250.

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COVID-19 is effecting the lives of thousands, including students. In order for our studying to commence under safe practises, many universities have made the decision to not only push back the starting term date, but also move teaching online. As we have now experienced this way of teaching during the lockdown period, we do not believe it lives up to the high quality of teaching that is promised and expected and is not worth £9,250 every year. We are asking you to reconsider the yearly fee.

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Why was this petition rejected?

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

The fees universities charge are a matter for individual universities, and not the Government or House of Commons.

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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.

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Date submitted 21 May 2020
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