This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Allow final year students across the UK to graduate with predicted grades
Due to Covid-19 and UCU strikes many students feel they have not had the learning time or support throught this academic year. Due to lockdown students are finding it hard to acess resources to complete assignments or study for exams. I propose that students should graduate with predicted grades.
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It is unreasonable to ask for research to be done when there is a lack of academic resources and contact time in universities. I propose that the government allow all students in final year of university no matter what level to graduate with predicted grades or with a standard pass or 2:2. It is not fair to allow a whole year of students to potentially fail because of circumstances beyond their control.
This petition was rejected
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
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/
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