Rejected petition Temporarily relax the cap on student numbers at universities

Revise upwards the cap on student numbers at universities to allow them to recruit based on predicted grades without being fined.

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The current situation where young people have had their A level grades reduced by a fixed algorithm is unjust and disproportionately affects disadvantaged areas. Universities could allow more students to enter but would face significant fines for breaching their capped student numbers.

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Since you stated your petition the Government has stated that to ensure students can progress to higher education, the government intends to remove the temporary student number controls (SNCs) which had been introduced for the coming academic year 2020/21: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-number-controls/student-number-controls-further-guidance

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Date submitted 14 August 2020
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