I have a lot of sympathy for students who see themselves getting bad value from their degrees & find trying to balance staying financially solvent & studying a sometimes impossible challenge;

But I also have sympathy with university staff trying to encourage in-person attendance (knowing as I do how degraded on-line learning can be).

Sadly, this crisis in higher education is driven by external forces that are pitting students & staff against each other.

#university

theguardian.com/education/arti…

‘I see little point’: UK university students on why attendance has plummeted

About half the students who got in touch skip lectures, with many ‘disappointed’ with the experience and others forced to prioritise paid work

^{Jedidajah Otte (The Guardian)}