Category Relationships

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…

UoD Web Team
25 August 2022
COVID-19, Creative, Disrupt, Emotional resilience, Meditation, Mental health, Mindfulness, Nature, Palliative care, Pandemic, Physical distancing, Poetry, Psychological Transitions, Reflections, Relationships, Resilience, Social connection, Social Transitions, Support networks, Transitions, Wellbeing, Yoga

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 40: Transitions, Wellbeing and Mental Health: Experiences of a university student after lockdown

By Ben Broadhurst with Jonathan Glazzard I am currently in my third year of a degree in Primary Education. Prior to coming to university, I did not see myself as intellectually talented. Now in my third year and having completed numerous…

UoD Web Team
29 January 2022
Change, COVID-19, Disrupt, Face-to-face, Higher Education, Lockdown, Mental health, Multiple and Multi-dimensional Transitions Theory, Navigating change, Online learning, Pandemos, Parents, Peers, Relatedness, Relationships, Social connection, Transitions, University, Wellbeing, Writing retreats

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 &…

UoD Web Team
15 January 2022
Change, Child, Collaboration, Compassion, Confidence, COVID-19, Discourse, Early Years, Educational Transitions, Emotional resilience, Life Course, Life Transitions, Multiple and Multi-dimensional Transitions Theory, Navigating change, Pandemic, Parents, Partnership, Peers, Psychological Transitions, Relatedness, Relationships, Resilience, Resources, School closure, Sense of belonging, Social Transitions, Students, Support networks, Teachers, The XII Pillars, Transition preparation, Wellbeing

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…

UoD Web Team
7 December 2021
Educational Transitions, Higher Education, Identity, Motivation, Narratives, Online learning, Relatedness, Relationships, Sense of belonging, Social Transitions, Students, Support networks, Transitions, University, University staff, Wellbeing

Blog 35: Irish students’ reflections on the impact of COVID-19 on their transitions

By Colette Moran It is indisputable that the Covid-19 school closures and subsequent lockdowns have had a significant impact on young people in Ireland. Children have missed many significant milestones including communions, confirmations and graduations. This period has been…

UoD Web Team
24 October 2021
COVID-19, Disrupt, Educational Transitions, Face-to-face, Happy, Hobbies, Home learning, Lockdown, Navigating change, Online learning, Peers, Positive, Reflections, Relationships, Resilience, School closure, School; closures, Social connection, Social Transitions, Time management, Transitions, Wellbeing

Blog 34. Transitions to Further Education: Crossing the FE bridge

Transitions to Further Education: Crossing the FE bridge By Rhiannon Packer and Amanda Thomas Introduction Transition is a complex process and the process of transition to any educational setting involves a number of stakeholders. The move from compulsory education into…

UoD Web Team
13 May 2021
COVID-19, Educational Transitions, Further Education, Life Course, Navigating change, Peers, Post-school Transitions, Relationships, Social Transitions, Support networks, Transition preparation, Voice

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…