Category Pandemic

Blog 43: Transitions through Infection and Recovery in the Early Days of Covid-19

By Tanka Dahal It was the early days of the pandemic when the COVID-19 was taking its flight from Wuhan, China, and was landing at various destinations across the world. Where COVID-19 landed it upset the routines and put the…

Blog 41. Supporting transitions during a pandemic: Learning from theory and practice and looking ahead

By Elizabeth F. S. Hannah   The past 2 years have been challenging as we have experienced periods of uncertainty in due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.  In Blog 16. Wellbeing during COVID-19 lockdown: Meeting psychological needs (June 2020), I considered the…

Blog 39: The XII Pillars of Multiple and Multi-dimensional Transitions: Implications for COVID-19 related transitions

By Divya Jindal-Snape   Our research suggests that certain dispositions and environmental dimensions can lead to successful educational and life transitions (Glazzard et al., 2020; Gordon et al., 2019; Jindal-Snape et al. 2020, 2021; Jindal-Snape & Cantali, 2019; Jindal-Snape &…

Blog 20. Impact of COVID-19: University lives in transition

By Divya Jindal-Snape We have created a comic, ‘University lives in transition’, to illustrate the impact of COVID-19 on multiple and multi-dimensional transitions of university students and staff. This comic, written by Jonathan Glazzard, Samuel Stones, Divya Jindal-Snape and Chris…

Blog 32. COVID-19: the pandemic exposing the English education system

By Ellie Grout   Something quite profound has happened in light of the coronavirus pandemic: national and localised lockdowns, distance and blended learning, and (understandable) issues with attendance of both students and staff have all shed light on the desperate…