Category Psychological Transitions

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 42. Navigating transitions during war and conflict

By Catherine Koini   Last week we welcomed a Ukrainian refugee family into our home in Belgium. A young mother, father and 3 month old baby daughter. Upon hearing the first missile at 4am on 24th February, they immediately woke…

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 33. Do you want a corona? No, I don’t like beer: The transition of a trainee teacher through Covid 19

By Ben Broadhurst I am Ben Broadhurst, 20 years old and I am currently studying at Edge Hill University and in my second year of Primary Education with QTS. I grew up in Liverpool and attended a rather prestigious and…

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 24. Multiple and multi-dimensional primary-secondary school transitions (video)

By Divya Jindal-Snape In this video you can hear about my conceptualisation of transitions, our latest primary-secondary transitions research and an explanation of my Multiple and Multi-dimensional Transitions Theory. Some references https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780203859124https://www.macmillanihe.com/page/detail/a-z-of-transitions-divya-jindal-snape/?sf1=barcode&st1=9781137528261 Thanks to Liz…

Blog 21. School transitions: Whose transitions are they anyway? (comic)

By Samuel Stones, Jonathan Glazzard, Divya Jindal-Snape and Chris Murray; Artwork Catriona Laird This comic illustrates the impact of Covid-19 transitions on school educators and the pupils in their care. It demonstrates how transition experience can be both positive and…

Blog 21. School transitions: Whose transitions are they anyway? (comic)

By Samuel Stones, Jonathan Glazzard, Divya Jindal-Snape and Chris Murray; Artwork Catriona Laird This comic illustrates the impact of Covid-19 transitions on school educators and the pupils in their care. It demonstrates how transition experience can be both positive and…

Blog 20. Impact of COVID-19: University lives in transition (includes comic)

By Divya Jindal-Snape and Jonathan Glazzard Students across the world have been experiencing multiple transitions related to their studies, family life and employment, to name a few. Students go to university not only to achieve an academic qualification but also…

Blog 16. Wellbeing during COVID-19 lockdown: Meeting psychological needs

By Elizabeth F. S. Hannah The UK Government imposed UK-wide lockdown on the 23rd March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many others, I listened to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, make this announcement on national television. Although the…

Blog 16. Wellbeing during COVID-19 lockdown: Meeting psychological needs

By Elizabeth F. S. Hannah The UK Government imposed UK-wide lockdown on the 23rd March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many others, I listened to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, make this announcement on national television. Although the…

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…

Blog 10. New ways of supporting children and young people’s school transitions during the pandemic?

By Divya Jindal-Snape As Scotland prepares the route map for coming out of lockdown, the First Minister, highlighted the importance of prioritising those children and young people’s return to school who are to transition to primary school or primary to…

Blog 10. New ways of supporting children and young people’s school transitions during the pandemic?

By Divya Jindal-Snape As Scotland prepares the route map for coming out of lockdown, the First Minister, highlighted the importance of prioritising those children and young people’s return to school who are to transition to primary school or primary to…