The disruption caused by Covid-19 in the educational sector may last longer than originally predicted. To better understand the current situation, this article analyses the mental health status of university students during the pandemic and investigates the learning conditions needed to support students. The sample included 557 undergraduate students who took part in an online survey. Overall, the students reported coping well during lockdown but indicated that lecturers were challenged by distance teaching, which created some stress for the students.

In welchem Ausmaß schränkte der Lockdown im Frühling 2020 Frauen und Männer mit und ohne Kinder im Haushalt darin ein, danach zu streben, was jede*r sich wünscht (das gute Leben)? Die Auswertung einer Online-Befragung von rund 1 000 Personen einer Deutschschweizer Hochschule zeigt, dass Frauen mit Kindern stark eingeschränkt waren in der Gestaltung ihres guten Lebens. Im Vergleich zu Männern mit Kindern haben sich Frauen im nicht-repräsentativen Sample rund doppelt so oft in ihrer Arbeitskapazität eingeschränkt wegen zusätzlicher Betreuungsarbeiten. Frauen mit Kindern waren zudem stärker von negativen Auswirkungen des Lockdowns betroffen, so spürten sie am stärksten die Zunahme von Partnerschaftskonflikten und fühlten sich am wenigsten unterstützt vom privaten Umfeld. Daneben zeigt die Analyse unerwartete Geschlechtermuster: Männer mit Kindern berichten auch von Verhaltenseinschränkungen im Lockdown und häufiger von fehlender institutioneller Unterstützung. Es bedarf für die Schweiz generell einer besser ausgebauten Familienpolitik und gezielter Unterstützung bei der Kinderbetreuung im Fall eines Lockdowns.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an extensive impact on the global higher education sector. In a written survey, staff and students at the Lucerne School of Social Work reported how they had coped with the challenges to their teaching or respective learning situation. The initial survey was conducted during the lockdown in spring 2020, and the follow-up survey was performed in the period of relaxed sanitary measures in summer 2020. During the first wave of the survey, 51 employees and 225 students participated. In the follow-up survey, 28 employees and 117 students partook. Findings indicate that the increased workload created by the transition was stressful for both staff and students but overall was handled well. Staff and students who felt supported by the university management experienced less psychological distress. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, there has been an effort to develop hybrid forms of teaching. Because the social work curriculum contains building blocks that are difficult to implement in the form of distance learning, the transition posed challenges for both staff and students. During times of transition, university management must carefully assess the support needs of staff and students and take appropriate action.

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