Challenges and Choices in Student Attendance.

It has been identified that attendance at in-person teaching and learning events in Lancaster University Management School is in decline. This has been identified anecdotally by staff, through disparity between visual headcounts and online attendance recording, and through student feedback. To better understand this trend, and the choices that students are making, this research project gathered data from UG and PG students across a sample of LUMS modules.
The aim of this research is to explore current levels of attendance, identify barriers to attendance, and choices students are making to attend or not attend lectures, seminars, and tutorials. We may be missing something important and, as educators, are keen to understand what they may be and how we may be able to address these.