In studying BCM212, I had originally narrowed down my pitch to a choice between “the delaying of studies due to covid (how many and why)” and “what is the adaptability and accessibility like for international students due to covid?”. To help me narrow down which topic I should choose, I created a twitter poll to allow my fellow BCM212 cohort to help me make a decision. Unfortunately, it was a 50/50 split, with 12 votes, 6 people chose each topic. 

I therefore had to make an executive decision and chose the topic “The delaying of studies due to covid (how many and why?)”.  This chosen topic is highly relevant in most student’s lives currently. Due to covid. University has moved online yet many students have not been able to advance in their studies due to this. Some students have preferred to move to part time studies or even delaying their studies fully until university resumes back to normal and in person. I predict that my sample space may be fairly low yet I hope many students can relate to the suggested topic. I, myself, moved to part time studies due to covid in semester one last year as I originally believed I would not be able to excel online. I’m hoping many students have had a similar situation to my own and am interested to hear why they chose to delay their own studies.