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As universities around the world start to reopen, students are coming to terms with new ways of learning and socialising.

BBC OS on World Service radio has been hearing from students in different parts of the world, to find out their experiences of returning to university.

Kaddyja is a first-year student at the University of Alabama in the US, where more than 1,200 students have tested positive for Covid-19.

"I'm only in class with about eight to 12 other students," she says. "We don't talk. I'm not used to that, especially coming from a high school where I knew almost everyone. My first few days, I remember just being bored in my dorm from being cooped up all day."

Buthmee is a first-year student at Tokyo International University in Japan, but is doing her studies from her home in Sri Lanka.

"I was hoping I would be in Japan right now with my friends starting university, starting a new life there."

But she says online learning has been an overall positive experience. "We've had videos emailed to us on a daily basis. They've also connected us with counsellors."

But for Ricardo, a third-year student at Rey Juan Carlos University in Spain, the change from his first two years has been difficult.

"I'm very frustrated because I see how a lot of teachers are doing nothing. They say they have uploaded a document, but if you don't try to connect to us, to have video calls to explain things, I'm not going to understand. I'm paying the same price as when it was full attendance in campus."

But he understands the importance of social distancing, having caught Covid-19 while working at his family restaurant.

He and his friends are finding new ways of socialising. "We're making video calls every day and using Netflix Party to watch films together. We are doing good."