My daughter is going through the dissertation matching process and has had early morning (due to California time) video conferences with 7 professors this week. No one is happy. The professors are not happy, the students are not happy, but St Andrews administration is holding firm on 35 student cap for in person classes. One of her grad classes has 36 enrolled and is scheduled in a 200 person lecture hall and it must be virtual. Even if the professor arranges that some students don't come each time and even though they will all be masked.
"We should just have it at the pub" seems to be a common refrain.