Academics demand v-cs and ministers rethink ‘key worker’ status

Facing up to lockdown 3.0 with children in tow

Academic couple Theresa Mercer and Andrew Kythreotis are heading into their third lockdown, along with their kids, but this time the expectations are higher and lessons have been learned

By Theresa Mercer

8 January

Strathclyde gives staff Fridays off during latest lockdown

Vice-chancellor says feedback from first lockdown shows four-day week ‘helps improve work-life balance’

By Anna McKie

6 January

Men ‘worse at coping with disruption to research’ during pandemic

Male PhD students reporting higher levels of psychological distress than women, survey says

By Jack Grove

10 December

Covid-19: universities treating staff in ‘vastly different ways’

Some institutions have made serious efforts to protect staff welfare during the Covid-19 crisis, while others have implemented – or said they plan to implement – job and pay cuts

By Anna McKie

20 April

Academics demand v-cs and ministers rethink ‘key worker’ status

UK scholars call for relief on workload to prevent them feeling obliged to send children into schools during crisis

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