Graduation season is upon us – as narratives of overcoming adversity, realising ambitions and building confidence fill the cathedrals, conference centres and lecture halls.
But how many students are still shaking with nerves in the audience as they face the prospect of crossing the stage in front of hundreds of their peers?
Universities are shaping the next workforce – and yet the majority of those CVs won’t mention that they might never have had to do a presentation, turn up to their group work project or have sat in most seminars with their camera turned off and their hand perpetually down.
During the pandemic, we made important allowances and offered a supportive curriculum that provided mitigation and alternative options for those who needed it. And in many ways, the way in which Covid caused those efforts to become normalised is a great thing.
