Students across the country are paying for an educational experience that they are not receiving. We must be compensated for this.

Universities have tried their best to facilitate an educational experience that correlates to the cost of our degrees. In the midst of COVID-19, and specifically the Government's extremely poor handling of the pandemic, universities have been unable to offer students the value that they are paying for. With that in mind, Students United Against Fees is calling on the Government to offer financial compensation for tuition fees to all students in the UK.

The Government must step up and support our sector.

Our campaign principles:

• This campaign is for all students, at all stages of study, currently enrolled at a UK university.
• This campaign is open to be supported by all within the Higher Education sector, SUs, universities, UUK, University Alliance, Million+ Group, the Russell Group etc.
• This campaign is committed to fairness, for students, for universities and for the HE sector.
• Core decisions as a campaign will be made through direct democracy.
• Fee compensation must not undermine the financial solvency of universities or lead to redundancies.
• We recognise the difficulty of the pandemic for the sector, and acknowledge, sincerely, the immense effort in delivering what universities have been able to.
• The pandemic has affected students differently. While we are fighting for compensation for all, we recognise and centre those in the poorest financial positions.
• While the quality of educational experience has become poorer for us all, this is not to say that the rigour of every degree is undermined. The 20/21 academic year has made achieving the same learning outcomes harder, and the overall experience of HE worse.
• Students who take reasonable action as a part of the campaign (e.g. strike or protest) must be protected.
• The Government must take responsibility for its failures by compensating students and supporting the sector.
• Our experiences of the pandemic and the call for fee compensation must force the reevaluation of the marketisation of HE and the Government’s silence on the Augar Review.

We hope that these principles are something you can relate to and understand in these times. While every SU will negotiate the terms of compensation with their respective universities separately, it is important for the campaign to gain national traction as universities are unlikely to compensate us without the pressure of a national movement.


We are developing a website for the campaign which will be ready next week. If you want to get involved before that drop us a follow @suaf211 on Twitter and @suaf21 on Instagram.