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4. Student Mental Health

Host Mehreen Baig is joined in the virtual staffroom by three UK teachers to discuss the increase in mental health issues among students.

Host Mehreen Baig is joined in the virtual staffroom by three UK teachers to discuss the increase in mental health issues among students. She asks whether it's a recent development or if the problem has been present for years without much public acknowledgement. Are we likely to see an increase in cases as students process the events of the pandemic? And just what are the expectations on teachers as the lines between educator and counsellor become blurred?

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9 things teachers learned when they went back to school after lockdown

9 things teachers learned when they went back to school after lockdown

Ex-teacher Mehreen Baig quizzes her cohort of anonymous teachers who're back in school.

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