![]() Victoria University of Wellington Students Association president Jessica Ye said universities were misguided if they thought students would flock to lectures just because Covid restrictions had changed. It would be five people in an ampitheatre of 200 students and the professor would be like 'why don't we all come down to the first row' which makes it a little bit weird," she said. "When there is less people, it's really funny because for some reason we all still spread out across the entire lecture hall. Halle Richards said sitting in near-empty lecture theatres could be awkward. ![]() Victoria University students Arden Lou and Halle Richards. It kind of felt it wasn't worth going to the lectures when there was so few people in the room." "The end of last year, I did wind up going to a lot of the lectures, but there were three other people in the room and the energy of the lecture and the room was shit. "The decision was definitely to attend as much as possible but the reality was different because it's 'all right we're not going to lecture because we're working on an assignment' or 'I'll just watch it later and then you never watch it later'," he said. "We'd just find a little corner and we'd watch our lectures online".Īnother third-year student, Peter, said he intended to go to lectures last year, but sometimes it was easier to go online instead. Third-year student Arden said attending lectures was the ideal, but often it was more enjoyable to go to campus and watch lectures with a group of friends. ![]() They said they watched online lectures due to ill-health or disability, but also if assignments were due or if their lectures clashed with paid employment. Most students spoken to by RNZ this week said they preferred to attend lectures in-person, but sometimes it was not possible. Earlier this year, a bookshop and cafe on Victoria University's Kelburn campus announced it would close because there were fewer people on-campus. The change had repercussions beyond lecture-attendance. ![]() The pandemic forced universities to greatly expand the practice of recording lectures and posting them online so students could continue learning through lockdowns or if they were in isolation.īut as Covid restrictions eased, academics were surprised and disappointed that lecture attendance did not bounce back. Universities are encouraging students to attend their lectures in-person in an attempt to avoid a repeat of last year's often-deserted lecture theatres. ![]()
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