From fees to social media,student life has changed unrecognisably in recent decades. Here, a sociology professor tells undergraduates what they need to know
A friend asked recently: “What advice would you give to a new student?” His daughter is preparing to start a course at the University of Sheffield. My first thought was to confess that perhaps I am actually not the best person. The student experience today is fundamentally different from what it was 30 years ago.
One of the dangers of being a university teacher is of losing touch with the memory of what it meant to be a student. Chatting to a current third-year student while she served me in the college bookshop, and I asked her if she thought approximately further study after her degree. “I’d like to do an MA … but I’d hold to save up first.” It really shocked me. Of course,that’s how students hold to reflect. There is something deeply humbling in the thirst that young people hold for learning regardless of its cost. besides, this advice is for new students anywhere who are thinking nervously approximately the prospects of university life.
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Source: theguardian.com