Students have lost hundreds of days of education to Covid and self-isolation. How are they coping?
Tag: Education
Covid: University of Surrey lowers entry grades to ‘relieve anxiety’
Requirements for most courses will be reduced to “relieve the pressure and anxiety” for students.
Kate warns of lockdown loneliness for parents
The Duchess of Cambridge highlights a “dramatic increase” in parents feeling cut off from support.
New special school for dyslexic pupils to open
The Levels School will be able to teach pupils from a similar school which closed in March.
North Sea wind farms: First apprentices ‘break stereotypes’
Jovita Beeston, 18, and Hope, 17, begin a three-year apprenticeship at a £2.5bn offshore wind farm.
Covid: Northumbria University staff vote to strike over health fears
Members of the University and College Union say they have concerns over in-person teaching.
Universal Credit: Millions face losing £1,000 in benefits, campaigners warn
Campaigners urge Chancellor Rishi Sunak to keep a temporary Universal Credit increase in place.
Cancelled prom pictures win £15,000 Taylor Wessing portrait prize
Alys Tomlinson’s Lost Summer features school leavers denied their proms by the coronavirus pandemic.
Covid-19: Nativity plays and carolling can go ahead, MPs told
Singing in places of worship will be limited, but outdoor carols will be allowed in England, MPs told.
‘What caring for my mum taught me about caring for my son’
The pandemic has made it harder for carers to get any respite. So who looks after them?
Covid: U-turn over Focus Trust’s early Christmas school closures
The trust announced schools would close a week early but the government said they must remain open.
‘Over-testing’ in case exams scrapped in N. Ireland
Minister says some schools are over-testing pupils in the belief exams will be cancelled.