The impact of the digital divide on student mobility “We had to pay three times more than we were initially paying for broadband internet so that I could attend my virtual classes. I was always nervous that I would experience a power cut in the middle of my classes or worse in the middle of an assessment… We had to make sure the generator was always readily available, which came at an extra cost as it runs on fuel.” Such was the experience of Zimbabwean student Tinashe*, whose plans to start a masters degree in the United Kingdom were interrupted by COVID-19.