Worries over face-to-face teaching, larger cohorts and students’ mental health dominate beginning of term
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Dawn, a lecturer with underlying health conditions at a London university, felt immense relief after completing her “Covid-Age: Individual Vulnerability” questionnaire, which assessed her as high-risk , allowing her to work from home.
However, at some universities, including her own, lecturers who do not wish to return to campuses due to coronavirus fears report feeling under pressure to deliver face-to-face teaching. “There have been quite a few emails suggesting we’ve got to go out there and teach and take it on the chin,” Dawn said, of emails seen by the Guardian.
