Good news! Apparently, students are now engaging with their undergraduate courses as much as they did prior to the pandemic.
I know it might not feel like that but look – numbers never lie!
Students also reported interacting with staff more often during 2022 than during any year since 2018, 47 per cent of students said they had worked with fellow students “often” or “very often” – only 36 per cent said that in 2021 – and fewer students considered leaving university than during the previous three years.
That said, more have a part time job, and 37 per cent of students were managing caring responsibilities alongside their studies last year.
Hold on. Really?
When you have a piece of polling out in the field, I was always taught to be prepared to be surprised when the results come in.