The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is causing chaos and disruption for the world and students’ education. Over the last year young pupils and university students have lost months of education.
Students have faced the A-level mess from 2020, and GCSE’s and A-level exams are cancelled for this year too. In addition, many university students are suffering financial hardship due to part-time job losses as business and companies remain closed for months.
On top of a lack of rent rebate thousands of UK university students feel forgotten as they are expected to pay high course fees for an online education and study from home.
The academic experience isn’t the same as been on campus enjoying the social side of learning and face to face teaching from your lecturer. Delivering distance online tutoring and isolated self-studying feels like the quality of learning suffers, and I think students deserve a refund for receiving a second rate education service.
Alongside the learning disruption student mental health during coronavirus has deteriorated with many teenagers and students experiencing a decline in their well-being with depression and anxiety on the increase.
Since the start of Covid 19 I’ve feel a bit lost and haven’t felt like posting on this blog for a while. Each day I’m starring at a computer screen or seem glued to my desk trying to study with books and my unreadable handwritten notes.
The workload can be difficult to manage without any real social life or a beer down the pub to unwind. Been self-isolated in small room with no sunshine does little to help the feeling of loneliness and building anxiety with the pandemic putting extra pressures on student life. With nothing to do, unable to go out, invite people over and the dire financial situation there are no alternatives but to stay indoors trap with our own thoughts.
If you need help and are struggling then contact your college or universities student support services. You can also visit websites like Student Space for coronavirus support.
