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The university rent scandal: how students have been left picking up the pandemic bill Students are caught in a Catch-22: they cannot live in their accommodation because of Covid restrictions, but they cannot stop paying for it 10 March 2021 • 10:00am For university students, the Coronavirus pandemic has had aggravating and frustrating consequences. Remote learning has become the norm yet tuition fees have not been discounted. And Government support has felt slow in coming: a series of interventions late last year including £20 million for student hardship in England and £174 million put towards student support across the UK, due to the work of the National Union of Students. ....
IMMY Labs Administers Hundreds Of Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines At Tulsa Rose Bowl There are still thousands of people in the 65 and older age group that need to get vaccinated, but many of them got their shots at the Rose Bowl in Tulsa Wednesday. More than 1,100 people were vaccinated Wednesday at a COVID-19 clinic operated by Immy Labs, and hosted by One Hope Tulsa Ministries. Immy is a Norman based diagnostics company that until recently was only handling testing for COVID-19. Dr. Sean Bauman, CEO, said the Tulsa clinic was the fifth vaccination clinic his company has handled, with more planned, including one Friday in Norman. ....
Queen Mary University campus at Mile End - Credit: QMUL A nationwide campaign has been started calling on the government to give cash aid to students like those at Queen Mary s in Mile End who have to pay rent on campus while stuck at home. Many students must pay the rent even though they may not be able to return, the Housemates online platform points out. Government support for rebates is being called for so that student accommodation providers can give refunds and not lose revenue because of the lockdown. “Students are under stress having to pay for unused rooms during their disrupted education,” Housemates founder Lydia Jones said. “They make a commitment to education but are then asked to sign contracts and take on huge debts with legal liabilities. It’s unacceptable.” ....
MONTREAL Demand for mental health care was already high, but Wednesday s announcement of an impending curfew for Quebecers has some fearing whether the system can keep up. Lydia Jones of Montreal s Suicide Action Hotline said calls have jumped significantly since September. “All the factors that make people vulnerable are increased,” she said. “You have isolation, you have job loss, revenue loss or stressors in the family like working at home with children running around.” Funding for services like the hotline has increased to meet demand, but Nancy Heath, a professor of educational psychology at McGill University, said the expanded lockdown comes with new challenges. ....