Academic Mitigation News Today

Covid-19: University of Exeter virtual protests over lost student experience By Adam Durbin A student has launched a virtual protest calling for better support over "lost" university experiences. University of Exeter student Bella Enoizis petition has more than 20,000 signatures. The petition cited "screen-sharing malfunctions, audio loss and Wi-Fi connectivity" in online learning as hampering their learning experience. The University of Exeter issued a message to all students with a "no disadv...

The University of Exeter has apologised after a leaked email appeared to show a senior staff member equating student email protests with “cyber terrorism”. Today, a student email protest has been organised by group Students for Academic Mitigation. In an email allegedly sent by Jamie Horsley, the university’s Head of Education Services, she said “I would equate such actions to cyber terrorism” and called it a potential “damp squib”. In a statement from Jamie Horsley, published by ...