University of Cambridge to move lectures online through summer 2021

The World

The pandemic is forcing universities everywhere to rethink classes this upcoming school year. The University of Cambridge became the first in Britain to announce that it will be holding lectures online for the entire 2020-2021 academic year. That has stirred up a debate about whether freshmen students should attend or defer their first year. Host Marco Werman speaks with Riva Kapoor, a second-year student and student body president at Girton College, Cambridge. 

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