I know the Uni choice deadline has already been pushed back a couple of times, but surely they don't expect students to make a firm choice when there is no certainty as to whether Unis will be starting as usual in September?
For my son's case, he has no interest in doing a "distant" learning degree - if he did, he'd have done the Open University.
His preferred choice is Newcastle, but that's pointless if he can't move there to enjoy the whole Uni experience, i.e. lectures, living in halls/flats, socialising, freshers week, clubs & societies, etc. He doesn't want to have to move there and end up stuck in a flat studying on his own in his room, and only going to occasional socially distanced events, lectures, etc. I suppose he could accept the offer, do the distant learning, but stay at home and only travel over occasionally when he has to?
An alternative, which he didn't initially want to do, is that he also has an offer for our nearest Uni, Lancaster. Under the circumstances, it seems the better option. He can live at home, study at home, and it's a lot quicker/more convenient for him to go into the Uni for events, meetings, lectures etc as and when necessary. But he won't get the friendship/social/living together experience.
What are others thinking? I can't see any certainty about how Unis will start in September until much nearer the time, certainly not until after final choices have to be lodged. Are others thinking about "going" to a Uni closer to home so that students can carry on living at home whilst they distant study for the first year?
We just don't want our DS to end up committed to Newcastle, committed to renting a room in halls/flat, and end up studying by distant learning at home anyway, and even worse, having to go in, maybe one day per week for "face to face" things, as that would take it's toll due to a pretty inconvenient train journey.
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Surely the Uni Choice deadline will have to be put back further?
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Kazzyhoward · 24/04/2020 14:01
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