Emergency Exit at English Heritage
12 July 2025
by Mike Wells
A key factor driving the world to lockdown in 2020 was remote-working technology like Zoom that, for the first time, made extended periods of isolation economically viable, argues Prof Jay Bhattacharya.
Universities are forcing students to go to their graduations alone, while families watch online, in spite of the scrapping of Covid restrictions. I wonder how many of these students are regretting taking out £45,000 loans?
Schools have begun moving to "remote learning" for the final week of term in spite of Boris saying children should remain in the classroom unless it is a “public health emergency”. Why? Step forward the teaching unions.
We're publish an impassioned plea on the Daily Sceptic by law professor David McGrogan urging universities not to switch to 'remote learning' next term in response to the Omicron panic.
Only three of the U.K.'s top 27 universities have decided to return to full in-person teaching this term, with the other 24 having opted instead for a 'blended' approach including online learning.
The Department for Education has instructed schools to be prepared for the reintroduction of face masks in classrooms and for the return of remote learning in case of "local outbreaks of Covid".
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