{"id":119986,"date":"2020-11-19T14:02:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T13:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=119986"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:15","slug":"more-lectures-on-campus-it-cant-happen-soon-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/11\/19\/more-lectures-on-campus-it-cant-happen-soon-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"More lectures on campus? ‘It can\u2019t happen soon enough’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student unions are campaigning for more in-person lectures and activities in higher education. “As far as students are concerned, they’ve reached their limit”, says Lyle Muns, chair of the National Student Trade Union (LSVb). But for the time being, according to the education deans of the various faculties, opening up the campus is too difficult to realise, plus a sense of anxiety prevails amongst the lecturers.<\/p>\n

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Student unions are being told en masse by students that online education is not a good alternative to regular education. LSVb president Lyle Muns is worried about students who are constantly sitting at home, so he wants the campus to be opened up further. \u201cMany students sit in a small room or are interrupted all the time by their little brothers or sisters while studying. The privacy of students is violated as a result of online proctoring and online exams have to be retaken because the system is not working properly. A lot of students can\u2019t take it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Younes Assou of the University Council also thinks that students are yearning to come back to campus. \u201cThe most important thing is to arrange more study places. I see that the university and the council are working on that. But I wonder if more can\u2019t be done.\u201d<\/p>\n

'Teachers feel just the same way as students'<\/h2>

Teachers are also looking forward to the campus reopening. That is what vice-dean Jason Pridmore of the Erasmus School of History, Culture & Communication says. \u201cTeachers feel just the same way as students. Nobody likes to stare at a screen all day long. We want to feel connected with students and that\u2019s quite difficult when we don\u2019t have in-person classes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet hosting activities on campus is not as easy as it seems. \u201cEven though the vast majority of students keep a decent distance, there\u2019s a chance that some of them won\u2019t stick to the rules,\u201d Pridmore notes. \u201cAnd I would hate it if someone got sick because we chose to offer classes in person. Colleagues are worried about that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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