White-walled lecture theatres are a missed teaching opportunity

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For their own good, we should force students to physically attend lectures

Lockdowns demonstrated the damage isolation does to mental health. Why are universities prolonging it by recording lectures, asks Paul Wiltshire

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27 September

White-walled lecture theatres are a missed teaching opportunity

During every teaching session, students’ minds inevitably wander. We need to accommodate this part of the learning process, too, says Brad Evans

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