LIVERPOOL, England, Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Ready Education, a leading global provider of mobile student experience solutions to improve student success in higher education, released figures today highlighting a number of alarming trends within the Higher Education sector suggesting an emerging student crisis across Europe. 

The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruption across the world and many lasting impacts are still affecting students with new pressures mounting. Although issues are being reported separately within the media around the globe, all of these individual matters are creating an intensifying student crisis for this year’s cohort.

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More information and statistics on these headlines here.

As a result of the number of growing areas of concern, students’ well-being and their education are being adversely affected by the pressure they face and there has been a sharp rise in students dropping out. This creates a massive growth in demand for support which institutions are struggling to keep up with and in turn, is piling more pressure on already overstretched staff and student welfare budgets. Due to Ready Education’s strong vision to improve student success in higher education worldwide, they have been closely monitoring all aspects of this within tertiary education and actively looking for solutions.

“Student retention rates have always been of great concern to universities and colleges and any issue that concerns students wellbeing and success is generally tackled head-on as and when it becomes a priority. This year there has been an unprecedented amount of pressure increasing within all elements of student life and this has challenged universities and colleges in how to address and what to prioritise” states Andrew Taylor(Vice President, Sales, E2AP, Ready Education)

“Support services are overwhelmed and demand has tripled, if not more over the past four years. As drop out rates increase, spending is falling per student in real terms and this could very well lead to a potential funding crisis. Higher ed leaders know they need new ways to help students succeed. But without the right data or tools they leave a lot for existing overstretched resources.”

Holding conversations on how institutions can address these issues, Ready Education has partnered with leading bodies to host informative and thought-provoking webinars. Join the conversation and share your thoughts and advice:          France: CampusMatin 17th October. Register HERE          Rest of Europe: UCISA 20th November. Register HERE

About Ready EducationTrusted by 715+ institutions to build communities and drive retention, Ready Education improves student success in higher education worldwide. The multinational organisation provides student-centric mobile apps that enable universities and colleges to offer a one-stop-shop for communications, resources, course management and finances. The total student experience solution has over a 90% adoption rate and is integral to empowering academia to craft their digital student experience.

For more information visit www.readyeducation.com/

¹ OECD, May 2021² Times Higher Education, October 2022³ European University Association, July 2022⁴ European Commission, July 2021⁵ Higher Education Students’ Financial Difficulties, June 2021⁶ Savills, October 2022

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