Pushing ‘the uni experience’ has strengthened the case for refunds

Young people at a festival; we should not forget how much young people have sacrificed during the pandemic and place them high on the priority list

Don’t underestimate what students have lost during the pandemic

Rites of passage failed to launch this year, from sex to graduation. We have a moral duty to help students find meaning in their lives, says Bertus Jeronimus

By Bertus Jeronimus

4 March

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Workaholic academics need to stop taking pride in their burnout

It is precisely by getting their priorities straight that established academics can, and must, set a better example, say Fleur Jongepier and Mathijs van de Sande

By Fleur Jongepier

4 March

Online learning should not be seen as the poor relation

We must stop letting online teaching be cast as the ‘poor relation’

Many students have not had their expectations met, but it’s unhelpful to assume this is a systemic online teaching and learning issue, says Linda Kaye

By Linda Kaye

26 February

A student reacts with sadness to her mobile phone - online safeguarding should be higher up university agendas

As we rushed online, did student welfare get lost in transition?

We know from bitter experience that poor or misguided online practice can have serious safeguarding consequences, say Emma Bond and Andy Phippen

By Emma Bond

25 February

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#1 Submitted by ... on March 10, 2021 - 2:37pm

Going to uni (i.e., the uni 'experience') is now equating going to uni like a trip to Disneyland.

#2 Submitted by mburgh@... on March 11, 2021 - 9:12am

...and academics are the enthusiastic entertainers and passionate animators (one must be enthusiastic and passionate these days) in that edutainment theme park that are UK universities. Worse, it is all a ludicrous circus with academics being the monkeys, doing tricks for the paying clients and jumping through hoops for the circus directors and their many tamers.

Pushing ‘the uni experience’ has strengthened the case for refunds

Selling ‘the uni experience’ has helped put bums on seats and cash in coffers, but now it’s providing grist for refund-seeking students, says Madeleine Davies

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