Having a real wobble about ds going , having looked at the plans. Quite interesting because if you just read the headlines to the articles it all sounds very positive and then you start to scratch the surface . For example in the general website it says matriculation will taking place and the dates but it’s only when you dig deeper that you find it will be online , all the talks appear to be online in week 1 and obviously so is freshers fairs etc The library is closed except to post grads except virtually of course . Not planing to re open until at least December . I also follow a few academics on twitter all of whom are saying they are not optimistic about blended learning.
It’s difficult because I don’t want to sway him either way and I know he is really missing the social Interaction of school / friends etc but having worked so hard to get into a selective and pretty traditional university for a subject with very few teaching hours it seems a shame to go in these circumstances if it were possible to get a deferral. It may be bad next year as well but at least we would be another year down the line .
It’s hard as well because I just think he is a bit ‘go with the flow’ , he doesn’t really want a year off so he’s not looking too hard at what the university is doing because he knows he will be disappointed. Maybe that’s just the way it’s going to be.