Doncaster student says she feels robbed of university experience as she completes her degree from home
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Bethan Hammand-Jones is a 21-year-old fine art student from Intake.
She has just finished her degree with Sheffield Hallam University but instead of celebrating with her classmates in the Steel City she has spent the last two weeks alone in her home finishing her dissertation.
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Hide Ad“We all worked so hard but I feel like I was robbed of the experience.
“We had only been back in uni for one week after the month-long strike before it closed for Covid-19.
“Our last year was an absolute mess and we missed out on the peak of our degrees.”
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Hide AdBethan celebrated the completion of her degree with a socially distanced drink in the garden with her mum but says she is sad that she has not been able to share the joy with her friends from university.
She said: “We have lost out on a lot of opportunities because the shows couldn’t take place,” she continued.
“They are always great exposure and there were possible work opportunities at them which sadly we have missed out on.”
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Hide AdBut Bethan has not let this get her down, she has in fact started her own small business where she is selling her art.
She says business is busy and there is a high demand for the line drawings she has been creating at home.
“It would be such a shame if we couldn’t, nothing can replace that cap and gown moment,” she said.
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Hide Ad“Our last year has already been bad enough it would be gutting if that was taken away from us as well.”
You can see Bethans work on her Instagram here.