The New York City Department of Education is banning students and teachers from using Zoom, as the platform has been plagued by privacy and security issues. Schools are now advised to switch to Microsoft Teams ‘as soon as possible’ and teachers are currently training to use the new system. The move comes after internet trolls … Read more
Robots stand in for university students during graduation in Japan while they self-isolate at home during the coronavirus pandemic Robots were used to stand in for students at a graduation ceremony in Japan Tablets were placed on the robots’ heads that let students project their faces Students who attended the ceremony controlled the robots movements … Read more
Ocado chairman and former M&S boss Lord Rose has called for a national effort to mobilise tens of thousands of British workers to prevent seasonal fruit and vegetables rotting in the fields. Rose called on young people and university students to volunteer their services and be ready to start later this month when the first … Read more
Students who want to appeal against ‘carefully considered’ A-Level grades awarded to them by teachers amid the coronavirus pandemic could be forced to take a gap year before taking tests, the exam watchdog has warned. Yesterday, teachers were told to submit ‘fair and carefully considered’ GCSE and A-Level grades for their pupils, in lieu of … Read more
Students have been left furious after several universities cancelled their graduation ceremony plans amid the coronavirus pandemic. Durham, Edinburgh and Reading University are among the institutions to have already broken to the bad news to final year under and postgraduates. Others have chosen to either ‘postpone’ or ‘continuously review’ ceremonies that are still scheduled to … Read more
The British Medical Association has told medical students to not volunteer on NHS wards to fight coronavirus until the Government has drawn up clear pay plans. The doctors union has urged students against helping the overwhelmed NHS until a national contract on pay, holiday and pension is finalised. Critics said the union, which has around 160,000 … Read more
Nearly 250,000 UK students call for a refund of tuition fees after coronavirus shut universities while thousands face rent demands on their vacant lodgings Sophie Quinn, 21, a 3rd year at Liverpool University posted the petition days ago She said the quality of her university experience this year is ‘not worth £9250’ COVID-19 has caused … Read more
Who said school isn’t fun? Quarantined students share hilarious updates from their online classes – from classmates doing face masks to teachers bringing their PETS into lessons Schools across the US have closed for the foreseeable future While some parents homeschool, many teacher and college professors are running online classes with platforms like Zoom The platforms … Read more
Who said school isn’t fun? Quarantined students share hilarious updates from their online classes – from classmates doing face masks to teachers bringing their PETS into lessons Schools across the US have closed for the foreseeable future While some parents homeschool, many teacher and college professors are running online classes with platforms like Zoom The platforms … Read more