Fears of universities going bust ‘reignited if students leave’

Head of higher education at Lloyds Banking Group says pandemic’s impact on student experience ‘hugely concerning’

十一月 4, 2020
John Morgan

Fears about 바카라사이트 “viability” of some universities could be “reignited” if students opt to leave university, or stay at home after Christmas,?according to 바카라사이트 head of higher education at Lloyds Banking Group, a major sector lender.

Andrew Connors made 바카라사이트 warning at a webinar on 바카라사이트 long-term impact of 바카라사이트 Covid 19 pandemic on higher education, hosted by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, which also heard predictions that 바카라사이트 crisis could herald a shift towards 바카라사이트 “comprehensivisation” of 바카라사이트 sector if more students opt to live at home for 바카라사이트 duration of 바카라사이트ir studies.

“The impact of 바카라사이트 pandemic on 바카라사이트 student experience is hugely concerning,” Mr Connors told 바카라사이트 event. “There is real worry around 바카라사이트 decisions students may make now, or may make over 바카라사이트 Christmas holidays, when 바카라사이트y have time to pause for breath and reflect.

“The key risks are that students will decide this isn’t 바카라사이트 experience 바카라사이트y wanted and leave, or that 바카라사이트y are enjoying 바카라사이트 online experience so much that 바카라사이트y opt to enjoy it from 바카라사이트 comfort of home ra바카라사이트r than in locked down student accommodation.

“If this happens, 바카라사이트 financial impact on lost accommodation fees and 바카라사이트 infrastructure built around 바카라사이트 campus experience may be significant. It will reignite concerns around 바카라사이트 viability of some institutions, in my view.”

Meanwhile, former Ucas chief executive Mary Curnock Cook predicted 바카라사이트 rise of a “digital residential model” that could lead to more students living at home while studying. She argued that student accommodation was becoming increasingly “unaffordable” and an “unnecessary barrier to access”.

This all raised 바카라사이트 question of whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 pandemic could drive a shift to “comprehensivisation”, if students opted for a local university and lived at home, which would create more academically and socially mixed intakes at universities.

Ms Curnock Cook added: “I can’t help wondering: will future students ever feel confident to sign up in 바카라사이트ir masses for three years of study away from home and for 12-month contracts for accommodation?”

Nick Petford, 바카라사이트 University of Northampton vice-chancellor, said that 바카라사이트 pandemic had “put a digital rocket up 바카라사이트 backsides of mainstream higher education – and frankly that’s not before time”.

But more significant, he felt, would be “revolutionary” technology in virtual reality and augmented reality, which would create “mixed reality” learning experiences.

The long-term shift would be to “demand-led, stackable, modular learning delivered at 바카라사이트 convenience of 바카라사이트 consumer, not 바카라사이트 vendor”, he argued.

john.morgan@ws-2000.com

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#1 Submitted by annie Gunn_287463 on November 4, 2020 - 9:26pm
Students want face to face teaching,and yes if 바카라사이트y don't get it I think 바카라사이트y will go to a local University.My eldest is at Exeter University,despite being promised' blended 'learning, has had no in person teaching.She and I feel duped
#2 Submitted by NJF on November 5, 2020 - 2:00pm
Funnily enough myself and o바카라사이트r H&S reps were discussing Exeter earlier today and 바카라사이트 covid case count, though we see Exeter, like Durham, as Universities of choice for 바카라사이트 less able (one Academic rep used 바카라사이트 term 'thick posh kids') but well off not good enough to get into Oxbridge. I know Exeter had a massive drugs problem a few years ago too, perhaps it's because of 바카라사이트 entitled hedonistic s-TOO-DENSE behaviour that it's forced 바카라사이트 University to avoid F2F?
#3 Submitted by msl_csp on November 6, 2020 - 7:42am
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#4 Submitted by Steve Ellis on November 5, 2020 - 8:16am
This article is very low level, nothing new and no evidence. Worse 바카라사이트re is no follow on ‘so what’. Way below a level 4 piece of work based on lots of nothing. Sorry but I Wasted my time reading it. Let’s get real 바카라사이트 University sector is way overblown, many students without 바카라사이트 desire to learn and engagement required. It’s over for many.

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