Dazed Magazineさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Dazed MagazineInstagram)「In recent years, the pandemic and lecturer strikes have severely disrupted university teaching – and now students are taking universities to court to get their money back 💸⁠ ⁠ Last summer, Tia O’Donnell turned up to her graduation ceremony at Central Saint Martins (CSM) wearing not only the traditional gown and mortarboard, but also a thin piece of cloth spray-painted with the words “I want a refund”.⁠ ⁠ It was a bitter end to what should have been a dream come true. “The moment I got accepted into CSM was the most proud of myself I’ve ever felt,” she tells Dazed. “The first day of university was everything I expected it to be: nervous excitement, awkward icebreaker games and falling in love with the endless amenities.”⁠ ⁠ But, Tia says, everything changed in 2020. “I wish I could walk away from the four years I have invested in CSM stating that it was magical, however, my time at university felt very empty.”⁠ ⁠ Instead of making full use of CSM’s studios and workshops and bonding with her coursemates, Tia spent two out of three years trying to study Fine Art online – an experience she calls “depressing”. Tia isn’t alone: as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, most university teaching was either cancelled or moved online, while facilities such as studios, libraries and laboratories were shut down.⁠ ⁠ To make matters worse, university teaching across the country has been regularly disrupted by strike action since 2018, when lecturers first began striking in protest of reforms which would have drastically cut pensions. ⁠ ⁠ Throughout the chaos of the last three years, students have continued to pay an eye-watering £9,250 a year in tuition fees – and international students have paid even more. ⁠ ⁠ Obviously, lecturers have the right to go on strike and the pandemic was – as it has been described countless times – unprecedented. But when it comes down to it, students have just not got what they paid for. It’s not rocket science: people whose package holidays were cancelled got their money back when the pandemic hit, so why not students?⁠ ⁠ Read more through the link in our bio 🔗⁠ ⁠ 📷 @tia4u ⁠ ✍️ @s_mithereens」5月28日 2時22分