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Blog 38: Exploring the extent to which first-year Education students at two institutions developed university identities in light of changes to teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Dr Kieran Hodgkin and Dr Samantha Shields Setting the context For students, the transition into Higher Education (HE) has long been an area of concern. Early transitional work explored academic and social integration as the two main challenges during…

Blog 36: Using QR codes during the Covid-19 pandemic to catalyse positive transition experiences for nursery, school children and their families

By Aileen Mackey   Abstract In response to safety measures to protect the public during the Covid-19 pandemic, children and families were required to adapt to several transitions within the education sector. These include transitioning to and from remote learning…

Blog 29. Writers’ Retreats During the Pandemic

By Beth Hannah and Judith Sixsmith Many academics are under increasing stress in their academic role.  Research has suggested that increases in stress are linked to teaching more students, less time to spend with students, heavy workloads, more administration to…

Blog 29. Writers’ Retreats During the Pandemic

By Beth Hannah and Judith Sixsmith Many academics are under increasing stress in their academic role.  Research has suggested that increases in stress are linked to teaching more students, less time to spend with students, heavy workloads, more administration to…

Blog 15. Impact of COVID-19 on the transitions of children from armed forces families

By Moira Leslie Living in an Armed Forces family very often entails high levels of mobility with frequent moves of home, school and sometimes even different countries. One parent’ s work related transitions trigger multiple transitions for the entire family…

Blog 15. Impact of COVID-19 on the transitions of children from armed forces families

By Moira Leslie Living in an Armed Forces family very often entails high levels of mobility with frequent moves of home, school and sometimes even different countries. One parent’ s work related transitions trigger multiple transitions for the entire family…