Recent images shared of empty classrooms and lecture halls have shown that students are continuing to utilise online teaching and learning. Alex Chapman, head of technology enhanced learning at Middlesex University, believes that a one-size-fits-all approach to student engagement will no longer work for a vast portion of students who cannot, or do not, wish to spend all their time on campus. To ensure that every student is engaged and feels satisfied, universities can look to student engagement data.

As student learning behaviours become more varied, engaging students with a one-size-fits-all approach will no longer be effective to fostering the best learning and belonging. Improving the experiences of students must be made with decisions that are data-informed and encourage cohort identity, whilst keeping student choice at the heart of it all, says Alex Chapman, Head of Technology Enhanced Learning at Middlesex University.