Rejected petition Support uni students during the pandemic and consider our mental health

Rejected on 11 January 2021

Suggest that uni students are given concessions due to the stress caused by the pandemic and are currently being given less face to face teaching are still expected to achieve to the same standard of work as previous years when faced with a global pandemic

Why was this petition rejected?

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

Decisions about university teaching, assessments and exams are a matter for individual universities, not the UK Government or Parliament.

If you have concerns about your university's arrangements for teaching and assessment you should raise these with your university or the Office for Students, which regulates the higher education sector.

We understand that the current situation is stressful for many people, including students. Student Minds, a mental health charity for students, is collating guidance and developing resources to support students experiencing stress as a result of the current situation, which you may find useful: https://www.studentminds.org.uk/coronavirus.html

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Fund additional mental health support services for university students: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/563936

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.