Formal Minutes Nov. 18 2021
Committee: Petitions CommitteeFound: Formal Minutes 2019-21: List of closed petitions Formal Minutes
Jan. 28 2021
Source Page: Scottish Budget 2021 to 2022Found: Scottish Budget 2021 to 2022
Mentions:
1: None 2019–21, The impact of Covid-19 on university students, HC 527; Third Special Report of the Petitions - Speech Link
2: Chris Evans (LAB - Islwyn) ’ tuition fees during strike action”, to “Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and - Speech Link
3: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (LAB - Streatham) that is this Government’s advice to universities on covid-19. - Speech Link
Found: Debate on e-petitions 300528, 302855, 306494, 324762, and 552911, relating to tuition fees
Mentions:
1: Lochhead, Richard (SNP - Moray) The impact this year from Covid-19 is estimated to be £72 million for our universities and £25 million - Speech Link
2: Lochhead, Richard (SNP - Moray) , income from industry, and donations and so on, will all be impacted by Covid-19. - Speech Link
3: Lochhead, Richard (SNP - Moray) It helps to save jobs and to ameliorate some of the impact of Covid-19. - Speech Link
4: Lochhead, Richard (SNP - Moray) We are looking at all the issues and now, with Covid-19, we will also have to make the model more resilient - Speech Link
5: Lochhead, Richard (SNP - Moray) I do not know what the impact of Covid on the economy and on public finances will be in a year’s time - Speech Link
Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19
- Final Signatures: 353,129
All students should be reimbursed of this years tuition fees as universities are now online only due to COVID-19, with only powerpoints online for learning materials which is not worthy of up to £9,250. Furthermore, all assessments are being reconsidered to ‘make do’ and build up credits.
Debate: This petition was debated in Westminster Hall on 16th November 2020
The Government responsed to this petition on 5th June 2020 (View Full Response)Found: Field trips have also been cancelled which our tuition fee was to pay for.