How the pandemic is hurting university students’ mental health
EMMANUEL OJO, Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand ANNIE BURGER, PhD student, Stellenbosch University ANTHONY J ONWUEGBUZIE, Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge BRYAN JASON BERGSTEEDT, Lecturer (Clinical Anatomy), Stellenbosch University SAMANTHA ADAMS, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Psychology, Stellenbosch University TALITHA CROWLEY, Senior lecturer at the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Stellenbosch University INSTITUTIONS of higher education worldwide are undergoing unprecedented change because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Universities and colleges have been forced to switch to online teaching and learning. Many were unprepared for this move to what is termed emergency remote teaching and learning. It is now just more…