The pressures on mental health and wellbeing faced by teachers in the UK
Many teachers have reported thinking about leaving the profession.
Primary Results
COVID’s ongoing toll on university students’ mental health – new findings
A new study surveyed university students in the UK on four occasions between May 2020 and May 2021.
Survey of academics finds widespread feelings of stress and overwork
Academics report feeling unhappy and isolated in their current work culture.
Why universities still struggle to make degrees accessible for disabled students
Awareness of disability in higher education has improved. Disabled students’ access still depends on how reliably universities deliver support day to day.
Hard Evidence: are more older people going to university?
Halls full of 18-year-old freshers running riot? Bragging tales of gap year misadventure? Older students starting a university course can sometimes find it hard to fit in. But a growing number of mature…
Lessons from the student vote in UK election for the EU referendum
Students didn’t hold that much sway at the election.
Why threats to academic freedom are growing – and how universities can respond to intimidation
When scholarship is politically steered, the public loses access to evidence and the means to hold power to account.
Teachers in England receive 5.5% pay award – here’s what else needs to be done to keep them in schools
What the new Labour government really needs to tackle is ways to stop trained teachers quitting.
Here’s the real reason teachers are quitting (it’s not just the money)
Constant chaotic change and mounting pressure has led to the teaching brain drain.
Universities: increasingly stressful environments taking psychological toll – here’s what needs to change
The marketisation of higher education is just a symptom of what’s wrong with universities.
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