'We All Sort of Struggled through It Together': Students' Lived Experiences of University Life during the Pandemic

Autor/inn/en	Marchlinska, Aleksandra; Pownall, Madeleine; Blundell-Birtill, Pam; Harris, Richard
Titel	'We All Sort of Struggled through It Together': Students' Lived Experiences of University Life during the Pandemic
Quelle	In: Journal of Further and Higher Education, 47 (2023) 7, S.875-888 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pownall, Madeleine) ORCID (Harris, Richard)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-877X
DOI	10.1080/0309877X.2023.2191175
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Student Experience; COVID-19; Pandemics; Well Being; Mental Health; Social Life; Interaction; Motivation; Interpersonal Relationship; Individual Development; Student School Relationship; Psychological Patterns; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Studienerfahrung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Psychohygiene; Soziales Leben; Interaktion; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Individuelle Entwicklung; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Großbritannien
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant changes to the student experience. Thus, there is a need to centre students' lived experiences in pedagogical research which explores the effects of the pandemic on student life. The current study aimed to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted undergraduate students, with a focus on students' educational experiences, social interactions, and mental wellbeing. Open-ended questionnaires were disseminated to undergraduate students across the UK (N = 53). A student-centred reflexive thematic analysis identified four dominant themes that each relate to students' lived experiences of Higher Education during COVID-19. These were: "variations in motivation" during the pandemic, the "importance of personal connection," a "disconnect between university and the student," and students' "development through adversity." These themes broadly demonstrate the variability in student experiences during the pandemic and, crucially, highlight the need for future education provision to centre personal connections, including between students and their institutions. Lack of interaction with staff and peers, as well as barriers to support, led to feelings of detachment from university. Implications for policy and practice are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01