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Keep the no-detriment policy in place for the new academic year at Sussex University
Final supporters
There are several reasons why this is untrue
• when signing up for university, students did not foresee teaching being predominantly online
• online teaching has a disproportionate effect on students without access to required technology and students with access issues (eg. deaf/blind students)
• the little teaching that is in person is not accessible to all students, for example, international students, students with medical conditions requiring them to shield, and students living in areas of local lockdown. In addition to this, with winter approaching, it’s inevitable that people will fall ill. Where students are living with friends this will mean that the entire household needs to isolate if one person has Covid symptoms until a test result is obtained. If this test is positive then the whole house will need to isolate for 2 weeks as well as caring for a, potentially very unwell, friend. Meaning that none of the house can attend university
• there is huge disparity across courses in the amount of access to in-person teaching, with some students having none and others having a majority of their teaching in person.
This is in no way a normal time and students are still likely to be negatively impacted by the ever-changing situation and the move to online teaching. Considering that implementing the no-detriment policy costs the university nothing and ensures their students are in the best possible position to succeed, there is no reasonable argument against this.
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Updates
September 10, 2020
I have spent the past few days reviewing the personal accounts posted in the comments section. These individual experiences highlight the systemic inequality created by current academic policies. My focus remains on organizing these testimonies to present them formally to the university administration.
September 10, 2020
The momentum behind this petition confirms that the current academic environment remains fundamentally unstable for the student body. This level of engagement validates the necessity of our request for a reinstated no-detriment policy.
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Things clearly aren't back to normal yet so why act like they are? Just leave it in place until we are actually on campus properly.
SUSSEX DO BETTER. We are struggling here.
I havent been able to see my family all year and now they want to strip away the only protection we had. So unfair.
How can they expect us to perform the same as normal when everything is falling apart? keep the policy.
The library is barely open and half my tutors are missing in action. Stop pretending this is business as usual.
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The university cannot keep throwing students under the bus
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Keep the no-detriment policy in place for the new academic year at Sussex University
Final supporters
There are several reasons why this is untrue
• when signing up for university, students did not foresee teaching being predominantly online
• online teaching has a disproportionate effect on students without access to required technology and students with access issues (eg. deaf/blind students)
• the little teaching that is in person is not accessible to all students, for example, international students, students with medical conditions requiring them to shield, and students living in areas of local lockdown. In addition to this, with winter approaching, it’s inevitable that people will fall ill. Where students are living with friends this will mean that the entire household needs to isolate if one person has Covid symptoms until a test result is obtained. If this test is positive then the whole house will need to isolate for 2 weeks as well as caring for a, potentially very unwell, friend. Meaning that none of the house can attend university
• there is huge disparity across courses in the amount of access to in-person teaching, with some students having none and others having a majority of their teaching in person.
This is in no way a normal time and students are still likely to be negatively impacted by the ever-changing situation and the move to online teaching. Considering that implementing the no-detriment policy costs the university nothing and ensures their students are in the best possible position to succeed, there is no reasonable argument against this.
Updates
September 10, 2020
I have spent the past few days reviewing the personal accounts posted in the comments section. These individual experiences highlight the systemic inequality created by current academic policies. My focus remains on organizing these testimonies to present them formally to the university administration.
September 10, 2020
The momentum behind this petition confirms that the current academic environment remains fundamentally unstable for the student body. This level of engagement validates the necessity of our request for a reinstated no-detriment policy.
9 Comments
Ridiculous decision. We are paying full fees for a fraction of the support. Don't punish us for this.
Things clearly aren't back to normal yet so why act like they are? Just leave it in place until we are actually on campus properly.
SUSSEX DO BETTER. We are struggling here.
I havent been able to see my family all year and now they want to strip away the only protection we had. So unfair.
How can they expect us to perform the same as normal when everything is falling apart? keep the policy.
The library is barely open and half my tutors are missing in action. Stop pretending this is business as usual.
bxsTLmNqivcZ
The university cannot keep throwing students under the bus
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Ridiculous decision. We are paying full fees for a fraction of the support. Don't punish us for this.