As the Prime Minister confirmed that primary schools will open on the 1st June, questions are being asked about the standard of education received by students still at home. Primary schools will reopen to pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 6, as part of Boris Johnson’s plan for the reopening of the UK. It […]
138 undergraduate nursing students from the University of Gloucestershire have stepped up to help support the NHS during the Covid – 19 outbreak. Final year adult nursing students Margarita Watkins and Chris Hanlon have both been deployed to work in Gloucestershire hospitals and are currently isolating from their families at Park Campus. They tell us […]
Today is going to be another great day. Another opportunity to spend the day outside but if that feels like too much pressure and makes you feel stressed, there’s nothing wrong with spending the day inside watching TV. Latest Covid-19 news Boris Johnson has announced that from Monday (June 1st) groups of up to six […]
Sarah Bendall was working as a taxi driver and part-time in a pub when the pandemic hit. Now she spends her days dropping off prescriptions for the people of Cam and Dursley. She is just one of almost 200 street volunteers working for the GL11 Community Hub, a local organisation that has been helping support […]
‘What’s up everybody, welcome back to my channel. Hi, how are ya?’ *waves star-shaped mirror* If you’re a fan of Jeffree Star, you’ll undoubtedly recognise that signature opening sentence that he uses at the beginning of all of his YouTube videos. But the ‘what’s up’ and ‘how are ya’ might have had a deeper effect […]
Fast fashion brands have taken full advantage of lockdown, releasing loungewear collections almost immediately. Names such as OhPolly, Pretty Little Thing and more have been pumping out new comfy co-ords for the past two months. The trend of athleisure wear has morphed into loungewear as people are wanting to look their best whilst being comfy […]
Next in the series is Anne Dawson. The Head of Media School at the University of Gloucestershire gives us her lockdown lineup which includes some pretty amazing comfort food! What’s on your reading list? “I have been mixing my usual diet of literary fiction with some page-turners to help de-stress! So in the first category: […]
Being a musician in the middle of a nationwide lockdown is hard enough. Musicians have been robbed of the things that generate them the most revenue: touring, live shows and merchandising. Instead, their main source of income has become streaming services and album sales, which look lucrative on first glance but are actually not giving […]
As we all learn to navigate through the uncertainty that is lockdown, practising methods of self-care is more important now than ever before. Of course, a lot is to be said for a tranquil bath and your favourite scented candle, but attempting to maintain a healthy body and having efficient physical health is also imperative […]
‘Key workers’. The first thing that comes to mind is the NHS. But what about supermarket employees? Being on the front line is not only working in a hospital, it’s risking your own health while you work to make sure others have what they need, and this includes all supermarket staff. Supermarket workers were among […]