Is it a poor argument to suggest that universities should just give us our average grade from semester 1? And for students who are unhappy with their grade, can continue the semester 2 assignments like normal? Alternatively, alter the way that the degree is assessed taking into account more of second year performance?
I'd appreciate my above suggestions being invalidated because I'm being completely biased haha. If my suggestions sound valid then I'm going to be even more unmotivated than I currently am. My average grade from semester 1 was well above 70%, but my track record throughout uni has always been consistent and I've never failed anything. I'd even accept a 2:1 if I had to, just to be done with it all.
It's fair to say that the value of degrees this year will be worth even less than they are on "average" years, so what is the incentive for universities to attempt to continue operations as normal as possible? There's no reliable way to quantify just how negatively the pandemic will affect everybody involved, but common sense suggests it will be a considerable amount.