University of Liverpool to replace 9ams with 6pm lectures to tackle low attendance

The University of Liverpool has announced a change to student timetables which will see 9am lectures being replaced by 6-7pm teaching sessions.

This change to evening teaching sessions is in an effort to combat widespread concerns regarding low attendance.

A leaked document sent from university management outlined how the change will be rolled out in a trial period before being fully enforced in September.

It detailed how attendance rates are dramatically lower in 9am sessions, particularly amongst the undergraduate cohort, and that these figures vary throughout the week dependent on student events.

Therefore, under the advice of UoL student management team, the university will be introducing lectures from 6pm until 7pm in an effort to improve student learning.

The document detailed how the university will conduct a trial period for evening lectures across specific schools and departments on campus before rolling out the new scheme, which be enforced fully in September. It read: “We are writing to inform you that, effective immediately, the University of Liverpool will be trialling a new timetabling approach, replacing 9am lectures with evening sessions from 6pm to 7pm.

“Senior officers from student management have highlighted the impact of weeknight student nightclub and pub events on academic progress, exam performance, and student wellbeing. The university recognises the need to adapt to changing student habits and ensure that lecture scheduling supports both engagement and academic success.”

It is yet to be announced which courses will be impacted by the timetabling trial.

The change also came about after student management scrutinised weeknight student club nights and pub events, implying these were the cause for poor attendance figures across a large majority of undergraduate courses.

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Figures released to The Liverpool Tab revealed that Tuesday 9ams were the worst attended lectures at the university from 2022 to 2024, closely followed by early morning lectures on Thursdays. This pattern has been said to coincide with student social events, which the university are attempting to minimise in order to boost attendance levels over the next academic year.

The new scheme will also see lecturers and teaching staff beginning their work days no earlier than 10am each week.

The University of Liverpool first proposed plans to scrap early morning lectures starting at 9am to its educational board back in December 2024. This decision was made following concerns being raised by staff members across the university, who reported a steep decline in attendance figures over the last academic year in particular.

The student management team and other leaders at the university passed the 6pm lecture plans at the end of February 2025.

All lectures are now scheduled to begin no earlier than 11am, and early morning classes will be replaced with 6pm sessions.

Students working under the new timetabling scheme will finish between 7pm and 8pm each week.

Following the news, The Liverpool Tab asked students about how this change will affect them. Second year psychology student, Ty Redgal, said she welcomed the initiative: “This literally couldn’t be better news for me, I have a 9am every Thursday and it ruins my nights out. I can’t relax knowing I’m going to feel guilt the next day for missing it.”

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