Second Report - The impact of Covid-19 on university students
Select Committee
Petitions Committee
HC 527
13 July 2020
Recommendations
2 results
6
Rejected
The Government has put in place unprecedented financial support measures to respond to Covid-19, paying...
Recommendation
The Government has put in place unprecedented financial support measures to respond to Covid-19, paying the salaries of hundreds of thousands of employees nationally, and funding grants and loans for a huge number of businesses and industries. These are exceptional …
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Government Response Summary
The government rejects providing additional funding to universities for student refunds or reducing student loans as a reimbursement method. It reiterates that refunds are a matter for individual providers based on contractual arrangements and points to existing stabilisation packages for the sector.
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Rejected
Para 34
While it is too early to know what effect the Covid-19 outbreak will have on...
Recommendation
While it is too early to know what effect the Covid-19 outbreak will have on university courses in the next academic year, there will not be a return to business as usual. We hope that all universities will be able …
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Government Response Summary
The government confirms that any actions taken regarding student refunds or course repeats will apply to students in the 2020/21 academic year, thereby rejecting the recommendation for such arrangements to extend to students affected by COVID-19 in future academic years.