Questions and answers about coronavirus and the UK economy

Ask Find Join

Schools, universities & training

Schools, universities & training • 28 Jan 21

Should students apply to university after they’ve got their exam results?
Schools, universities & training • 20 Jan 21

#economicsfest: Does economics need to be ‘decolonised’?
Schools, universities & training • 18 Jan 21

How can policy-makers and parents support home learning during lockdown?
Schools, universities & training • 06 Jan 21

How should we assess school students now that exams have been cancelled?
Schools, universities & training • 24 Nov 20

What do economics students see as today’s biggest challenges?
Schools, universities & training • 17 Nov 20

How should the academic achievements of school students be assessed this year?
Schools, universities & training • 19 Oct 20

How best should school resources be deployed in response to the Covid-19 crisis?
Schools, universities & training • 11 Oct 20

How have migrant pupils been affected by lockdown and school closures?
Schools, universities & training • 03 Sep 20

Should we stop using predicted A-level grades in university applications?
Schools, universities & training • 02 Sep 20

Why have this summer’s A-level exam grades caused so much trouble?
Schools, universities & training • 25 Aug 20

How is coronavirus affecting the finances of UK universities?
Schools, universities & training • 06 Aug 20

How can we tackle widening gaps in literacy skills following coronavirus?
Schools, universities & training • 28 Jun 20

What future for apprenticeships after coronavirus?
Schools, universities & training • 14 Jun 20

How can we make up the learning losses from lockdown?
Schools, universities & training • 12 Jun 20

Why should students pay university fees if all lectures are online?
Schools, universities & training • 29 May 20

When should schools re-open?
Schools, universities & training • 28 May 20

How will exam disruptions affect young people’s futures?
Schools, universities & training • 28 May 20

What will be the impact of lockdown on children’s development?
Schools, universities & training • 26 May 20

What is the likely impact of remote learning on educational outcomes?
Schools, universities & training • 26 May 20

How will lockdown and recession affect the lives of the very young?
Schools, universities & training • 24 May 20

What is the impact of the crisis on UK university finances?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 19 Apr 21

How should governments source public services during a crisis?
News • 19 Mar 21

A year in lockdown
Health, physical & mental • 15 Mar 21

How have school closures affected children’s mental health?
News • 29 Jan 21

Devil in the detail
News • 08 Jan 21

High costs of indecision
Inequality & poverty • 04 Jan 21

What do school closures mean for social mobility?
News • 27 Nov 20

(Mis)understanding economics
Inequality & poverty • 23 Nov 20

Will support for low-income families during school holidays improve children’s lives?
News • 30 Oct 20

Generation Covid
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 28 Oct 20

How can local policies limit the scarring of young people by coronavirus?
News • 22 Oct 20

Covid-19 gets local
Families & households • 23 Sep 20

How has the Covid-19 crisis affected pre-school childcare?
Attitudes, media & governance • 15 Sep 20

How can we know which policies to fight Covid-19 actually work?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 14 Sep 20

How will coronavirus affect the lifetime earnings of new graduates?
Inequality & poverty • 09 Sep 20

How has lockdown affected children with special educational needs?
Health, physical & mental • 31 Aug 20

How is coronavirus affecting the mental health of adolescents?
Attitudes, media & governance • 24 Aug 20

What role does emotion play in our responses to coronavirus?
Inequality & poverty • 23 Jul 20

How will the pandemic and lockdown affect social mobility?
Inequality & poverty • 21 Jul 20

How is coronavirus affecting the provision of free school meals?
Health, physical & mental • 19 Jul 20

Will coronavirus worsen the UK's problem with obesity?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 08 Jul 20

How can we protect young people from being scarred by coronavirus?
Inequality & poverty • 03 Jul 20

What difference will the COVID Summer Food Fund make to children’s lives?
Inequality & poverty • 11 Jun 20

What are the prospects for young people joining the labour market now?
Inequality & poverty • 10 Jun 20

How might the crisis affect children from poorer backgrounds?
Inequality & poverty • 29 May 20

How is coronavirus affecting inequalities across ethnic groups?
Health, physical & mental • 28 May 20

How will lockdown and the recession affect children’s health?

Sort by

Funded By

Contributing organisations