{"id":2461,"date":"2024-02-28T07:58:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T07:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudhadigital.com\/GMSI\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2024-03-09T14:42:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T14:42:23","slug":"cambridge-university-moves-all-lectures-online-until-summer-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmsisuccess.in\/?p=2461","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge University moves all lectures online until summer 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Ewan Somerville<\/div>\n
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The university said \u201cgiven that it is likely that social distancing will continue to be required, the University has decided there will be no face-to-face lectures during the next academic year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tutors have been told that lectures will be held virtually, including live-streams. However, the institution still plans to hold seminars, work shops and small group-based learning in person with \u201cstrict social distancing\u201d in force.<\/p>\n

A Cambridge spokesman told LBC News: \u201cThe University is constantly adapting to changing advice as it emerges during this pandemic. Given that it is likely that social distancing will continue to be required, the University has decided there will be no face-to-face lectures during the next academic year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cLectures will continue to be made available online and it may be possible to host smaller teaching groups in person, as long as this conforms to social distancing requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis decision has been taken now to facilitate planning, but as ever, will be reviewed should there be changes to official advice on coronavirus.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alice Benton, the university\u2019s head of education services, told student news paper Varsity plans are currently being formulated to ensure the virtual lectures \u201cwill be of the best possible quality\u201d.<\/p>\n

Cambridge is the first to take such a radical step, but the\u00a0University of Manchester announced last week that it was conducting all lectures online during the autumn term.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Russell Group institution took the move amid \u201creal uncertainty\u201d over when social distancing will end and said the lecture theatre \u201cdoes not easily support spatial separation\u201d, but added it hopes to run some face-to-face learning for small groups.<\/p>\n

It comes after the regulator told universities to inform applicants whether or not they could expect face-to-face teaching next year in advance of them accepting offers.<\/p>\n

The Office for Students said bosses must give students \u201cabsolute clarity\u201d and not offer false hopes of a \u201ccampus experience\u201d.<\/p>\n

Most campuses have been shut since April with classes and exams moved online.<\/p>\n

There is growing uncertainty across the sector over how they will operate next year, with institutions already facing huge financial losses from an expected fall in overseas students studying in the UK this autumn.<\/p>\n

It is likely to prompt questions over tuition fees, with home students paying \u00a39,250 a year and international students paying up to three times that.<\/p>\n

Michelle Donelan, the universities minister, has said institutions can charge the full fee as long as online learning is \u201cquality\u201d.<\/p>\n

But some students have expressed concerns they won\u2019t be getting their money\u2019s worth if all the teaching is done online.<\/p>\n

Alex Jones, a second year Cambridge natural sciences student, told LBC News: \u201cBeing in a contact-heavy course, there isn\u2019t really a substitute for teaching that we get in the lab.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlready this term we\u2019ve had half the number of contact hours we were originally scheduled to have, and 10 weeks of fieldwork we were due to have were cancelled.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the same thing happens next year it\u2019s hard to see how it\u2019s worth \u00a39250 when we\u2019ll be getting a lot less teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other British universities, which have been closely watching Government guidance while hesitant to be the first to act, could now follow suit.<\/p>\n

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