As part of the third year of our Psychology undergrad course at UCLAN, we have our dissertations due on the 3rd April. There has been a great lack of support and communication from staff. Many of the students on this course have barriers regarding finishing this dissertation. Many are directly affected by COVID-19 and are having to self-isolate, some no longer have access to computers as they are unable to go to the library, some are currently moving homes because of the virus, all of us are unable to access the resources (books, articles, etc) in the library, and all of us are experiencing the stress that has come with this virus.

The university and psychology staff have offered nothing to help with this stress. Nothing to help with our dissertations. We want for everyone on this course to have at least 10 extra working days to complete our dissertation. This is to allow time for everyone to get things together, and even to allow for days to destress. University is stressful enough without the added stress of a pandemic.

Please could you sign this petition if you agree that we need more support from our university during this, and that we should be all be given extra time to make sure we’re able to look after ourselves during this stressful time.

Thank you.