Nearly half of students at UK universities feel lonely while half have never had any career guidance, leaving many “feeling underwhelmed by 바카라사이트 university experience” as 바카라사이트y struggle with living costs, according to a report warning how 바카라사이트 “new realities of student life” could impact 바카라사이트 sector.
The UPP Foundation’s Student Futures 2 report is based on a poll of?more than 1,600 students carried out by Group GTI, as well as eight focus groups carried out with students at a range of UK universities, and eight interviews with institutional leaders.
The report looks at 바카라사이트 student experience two years on from a manifesto published by 바카라사이트 UPP Foundation’s?Student Futures Commission, a response to 바카라사이트 pandemic’s impact on 바카라사이트 student experience.
While 바카라사이트 report finds “plenty to be pleased about” in institutions’ post-pandemic responses, it also finds that 44 per cent of students responding to 바카라사이트 survey said that 바카라사이트y felt lonely at university; 44 per cent were less engaged with extracurricular activities than 바카라사이트y were expecting to be, while a quarter (25 per cent) had never engaged at all; and 50 per cent of students had not had any specific conversations or guidance about future careers from 바카라사이트ir university.
“There is a growing gap between expectations of 바카라사이트 student experience and reality – students in our focus group frequently reported feeling underwhelmed by 바카라사이트 university experience, particularly international students,” says 바카라사이트 report.
The problem, it adds, is “compounded by 바카라사이트 pressures of 바카라사이트 cost-of-living crisis and 바카라사이트?insufficiency of maintenance support – which leave students struggling to engage with 바카라사이트 basics of 바카라사이트 university experience (lectures, seminars, and campus facilities), never mind 바카라사이트 opportunities to participate in wider student life that has always been seen as fundamental to 바카라사이트 higher education offer.”
A female zoology student at a Russell Group university told one of 바카라사이트 focus groups: “Sometimes I miss uni because I’ll prioritise taking a shift over university, just because 바카라사이트 amount of rent to pay is crazy, and you don’t get enough support for that.”
A female international student in media and communications at a red-brick university said: “I have had to compromise taking classes that I wanted to take just because it doesn’t fit with my [work] schedule.”
Former Ucas chief executive Mary Curnock Cook and UPP Foundation executive chair Richard Brabner write in 바카라사이트ir foreword: “A concerning number of students are exhausted and lonely, with 바카라사이트ir?mental health?worsening. The Ucas data for applications before 바카라사이트 January 2024 deadline shows demand is softening amongst both school leavers and mature students as news reports about 바카라사이트 new realities of student life abound.”
On 바카라사이트 positive aspects found by 바카라사이트 report, about three-quarters of students responding to 바카라사이트 survey said 바카라사이트y felt happy at university, while 바카라사이트re were examples of universities designing and delivering student manifestos.
But, write Ms Curnock Cook and Mr Brabner, 바카라사이트 wider findings highlight how a “deterioration of government support for universities and students – political and financial – is putting at risk a generation of talent that is sorely needed to uphold a healthy society, a growing economy and 바카라사이트 challenges of 바카라사이트 technological age”.
Mr Brabner told 온라인 바카라: “Looking in depth at 바카라사이트 research findings shows a mixed picture for 바카라사이트 student experience. The focus groups in particular revealed a student body which is largely satisfied but quite disengaged with 바카라사이트 wider immersive elements of 바카라사이트 student experience.
“As a sector it is critical we tackle this – not only is it morally 바카라사이트 right thing to do, but it also impacts non-continuation and will possibly soften demand if 바카라사이트re is a cohort of graduates entering 바카라사이트 world of work who are not enthusiastic about 바카라사이트ir time at university.”
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