"The university could’ve told us more."
Mira was 23 years old and had just started her studies at university when the Covid-19 pandemic hit.
Mira was on the student council, and, at a relatively early stage, the council raised the question of whether student seminars and lectures would be held online. In her opinion, the university could have been much clearer about this. The delay and period of uncertainty negatively impacted Mira and many of her peers. Mira as many others had hired a one-room apartment to be close to the university. As she had already rented out her own flat in Stockholm when all her education courses were transferred online, she ended up staying in her partner’s flat.
Mira believes that some of the challenges the students encountered could have been addressed with better and clearer information, for instance, regarding student health services. She believes this would also have been an important measure to secure the wellbeing of the students during the long periods of lockdown.