Cambridge University - all lectures to be online-only until summer of 2021

By ITS Education Asia

Many parents and students must be wondering about the likelihood of returning to the UK to attend the university courses they (or their children) are enrolled in.  This recent announcement from Cambridge university may be a forerunner of what students can expect if they do choose to return this September.

There will be no face-to-face lectures at the University of Cambridge over the course of the next academic year due to coronavirus, it has been announced.

However, lectures will be available to students online and "it may be possible to host smaller teaching groups in person" if they meet social distancing requirements, the university said.

It follows a similar move by the University of Manchester, which said its lectures would be online-only for the next term.

Earlier this week, the university watchdog said students applying for university places in England must be told with "absolute clarity" how courses will be taught - before they make choices for the autumn.

Universities can charge full fees even if courses are taught online.

One wonders how happy many will be to pay full university fees to sit at home and take online classes. This does, however, seem to be what students can expect at the beginning of the new academic year in the UK.

 

 

 

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