University summer exams to be cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak in the UK

The Issue

COVID 19 has impacted many university students. Universities have gone into lockdown, some have cancelled further learning whilst other institutions have moved their teaching to online platforms. 

Majority of university students, like myself, work to be able to sustain our lives (e.g paying for accommodation, food, bills etc). 

What some universities have failed to understand is that these students are of different ages. Let alone having the stress and anxiety of the virus going around, some of us will now also have to learn and familiarise ourselves with online education which can be time consuming. This leaves little time to study and prepare for exams. None the less, some of us students will have to be putting in more hours at work to help the community due to the virus. Myself for example, working at the NHS, have been more stressed and anxious during this time period and believe I will not be able to perform my best for these exams. 

I am one of many. 

The priority is to keep everyone safe. To reduce anxiety and stress during this pandemic and with uncertainty as to whether exams will be carried out or not, it does not make it easier for us students to study and perform our best in the upcoming summer examinations. 

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The Issue

COVID 19 has impacted many university students. Universities have gone into lockdown, some have cancelled further learning whilst other institutions have moved their teaching to online platforms. 

Majority of university students, like myself, work to be able to sustain our lives (e.g paying for accommodation, food, bills etc). 

What some universities have failed to understand is that these students are of different ages. Let alone having the stress and anxiety of the virus going around, some of us will now also have to learn and familiarise ourselves with online education which can be time consuming. This leaves little time to study and prepare for exams. None the less, some of us students will have to be putting in more hours at work to help the community due to the virus. Myself for example, working at the NHS, have been more stressed and anxious during this time period and believe I will not be able to perform my best for these exams. 

I am one of many. 

The priority is to keep everyone safe. To reduce anxiety and stress during this pandemic and with uncertainty as to whether exams will be carried out or not, it does not make it easier for us students to study and perform our best in the upcoming summer examinations. 

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