Select Committee · Petitions Committee

A statutory duty of care for higher education students

Status: Closed Opened: 16 May 2023 Closed: 5 Jun 2023

An e-petition calling on the Government to “ Create statutory legal duty of care for students in Higher Education ”, has received over 128,000 signatures. The Petitions Committee, which is responsible for considering e-petitions started on https://petition.parliament.uk/ , has scheduled a debate on this petition on Monday 5 June. Ahead of this debate, the Petitions … Show more

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
16 May 2023 Ben West, Chloe Fields · NUS UK, Dominic Smithies · Student Minds, Ged Flynn · PAPYRUS, Hilary Grime, Jill Stevenson · AMOSSHE, Lee Fryatt, petition creator, Mark Shanahan, Professor Steve West CBE · Universities UK View ↗

Who gave evidence

9 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Ben West 1
Chloe Fields · Vice President for Higher Education NUS UK 1
Dominic Smithies · Influencing and Advocacy Lead Student Minds 1
Ged Flynn · Chief Executive PAPYRUS 1
Hilary Grime 1
Jill Stevenson · Chair AMOSSHE 1
Lee Fryatt, petition creator 1
Mark Shanahan 1
Professor Steve West CBE · President Universities UK 1