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ARTICLE · 06 AUGUST 2020

Fees, Offers, And Grades - What's Changed In Higher Education?

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How has the continued coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic changed the higher education landscape when considering student matters such as tuition fees, unconditional offers, and grades?

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Kris Robbetts
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How has the continued coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic changed the higher education landscape when considering student matters such as tuition fees, unconditional offers, and grades?

Reimbursement of Fees

A petition calling for the reimbursement of tuition fees for all students whose studies were disrupted first by strike action and then by the coronavirus pandemic has failed to achieve its objective. Despite gaining more than 345,000 signatures (245,000 more than is required for Parliament to consider the issue for debate), students at British universities have been told they should not expect an automatic tuition fee refund.

When giving evidence on 11 June, Michelle Donelan MP, Minister for Universities, echoed the Government's 5 June response by arguing that it would be inappropriate for the state to intervene because universities are autonomous organisations which set their own fees and are responsible for ensuring that the courses they deliver are fit for

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