Kate Hawkesby: How to get uni students back in lectures? When students find an easy way out, they’ll take it

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Feb 28, 2023 · 2m

I see universities are asking students to come back to lectures in person because the low attendance is apparently ‘demoralising’ staff.

Covid lockdowns and closures saw more classes go online and as it turns out, many find that preferable to having to rock up in person. It is also no doubt a contributing factor to our truancy levels at school.

Once you stop something and let students know it’s OK to pause it, or to do it remotely, then guess what - they’re going to take that and run with it.

The reasons for not showing up to lectures I can imagine are similar to the reasons we skipped…