Putting lectures on ice: students study less in extreme weather

Researchers call for universities to pay greater attention to impact of temperature on study habits, as climate change pushes weather to extremes

Published on

September 16, 2021

Last updated

September 22, 2021

People at ice cream van

Source: Getty

Read more about

Read more about:

Teaching and learning

POSTSCRIPT:

Print headline: Extreme weather melts study time

Register to continue

Why register?

Registration is free and only takes a moment
Once registered, you can read 3 articles a month
Sign up for our newsletter

Subscribe

Or subscribe for unlimited access to:

Unlimited access to news, views, insights & reviews
Digital editions
Digital access to THE’s university and college rankings analysis

Please or to read this article.

Related articles

The heat is on: female students perform better in warm exam rooms

Experiment that saw students take tests in temperatures ranging from 16ºC to 33ºC finds men appear to score highest in the cold

23 May

University of Tromsø campus buildings, Tromsø, Norway

Academia in the freezer: running a university on top of the world

Director discusses life at the world’s northernmost university, and how it leads collaborative research on Arctic issues

By Chris Havergal

19 October

Related universities

Sponsored