COVID-19 International Student Well-being Study. First results from Belgium (Dutch publication) ...

The Belgian data of the C19 ISWS show that students experience a lot of stress as a result of the COVID-19 measures. A large part of the students indicates that the workload increased considerably during the COVID-19 epidemic, that the study expectations became more unclear and that this caused them stress. Less than 20% indicate that they are not worried about finishing this academic year successfully. Moreover, a substantial group indicates that the quality of education declined during the COVID-19 epidemic, and that the university or college did not inform them sufficiently about the measur... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Van de Velde, Sarah
Buffel, Veerle
, Wouters
Hal, Van
, Bracke
, Colman
Dokumenttyp: Scholarlyarticle
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Verlag/Hrsg.: Zenodo
Schlagwörter: COVID-19 / Student well-being / Belgium
Sprache: Niederländisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28981165
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3873558

The Belgian data of the C19 ISWS show that students experience a lot of stress as a result of the COVID-19 measures. A large part of the students indicates that the workload increased considerably during the COVID-19 epidemic, that the study expectations became more unclear and that this caused them stress. Less than 20% indicate that they are not worried about finishing this academic year successfully. Moreover, a substantial group indicates that the quality of education declined during the COVID-19 epidemic, and that the university or college did not inform them sufficiently about the measures implemented. Approximately one third did not feel that they could turn to someone at the university or college to address these concerns. Nevertheless, the majority of students are satisfied with the way in which the university or college of applied its measures in relation to the COVID-19 outbreak. We also find that there is a strong increase in the number of students reporting financial problems during the COVID-19 ...