UK Demands Return to In-Person Teaching as Complaints Against Universities Soar to Record High

Lucas Strange, 22, continues to study for his degree in physics via online learning sessions from his room in Gonville and Caius College at the University of Cambridge, England, on Jan. 29, 2021. Leon Neal/Getty Images

The British government has demanded that all universities return to pre-pandemic levels of face-to-face teaching, as it emerged that complaints about university courses soared to the highest level on record last year.

The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA) said it received 2,763 complaints from students in 2021, an increase of 6 percent on 2020 levels and once again the highest ever number.