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Coronavirus: Cambridge University students on no face-to-face lectures
May 21, 2020
Cambridge University students found out this week that they would be attending virtual lectures and replacing face-to-face teaching time with FaceTime or similar video calls. Three students told us what the changes could mean for them.
"Obviously you get your hopes up", says Holly Lambe, 18.
"There's kind of that idealistic idea that university is the best years of your life and we'll obviously have a very, very different experience of it this year.
'Out of our control'
Ms Lambe, from Brighton, initially applied for a place at Cambridge in 2019 but the university deferred her entry until this year.
After going travelling and having a "great time on this gap year I'd never planned", she was due to start studying English Literature at Queen's College.
She said she was "really, really disappointed", when she first heard of the university's plans.
"A lot of the people I've been talking to who are in a similar situation are all saying that we're trying to see the positives and trying to find the best way we can deal with this," she said.
"Ultimately it's not really what we were hoping for, but it's kind of out of our control."
Ms Lambe said the decision was "very understandable" and was "in the best interests of the staff who work there, the faculty and the students".
Image copyright Holly Lambe Image caption Holly Lambe pictured travelling in Thailand
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