Mental ill-health is a bigger threat to university students than Covid | Letter

A mother of three undergraduates is worried about their wellbeing after students were told face-to-face teaching would not return until May at the earliest

Students should have been returning to their studies on campus over the next two weeks, but universities have now been told they cannot return to face-to-face teaching until 17 May (Report, 13 April).

I am a widow with three children who worked extremely hard through very difficult circumstances to get to university. While studying for their GCSEs and A-levels, they were also caring for me, as I was having treatment for breast cancer. However, I am now more worried about their mental health than I have ever been.

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Category: Mental Health