Muhammad Djindan reports on the impact of the Ministry of Culture and Education's programme to subsidise mobile internet quotas for teachers and students alike
Resolution Foundation (21.04.21) This report provides some of the first evidence on how the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on households has differed across countries. It studies the living standards-related factors that contribute to financial resilience (or the lack of it) both before and during COVID-19 in the UK, France and Germany. Overall, we find that pre-crisis vulnerabilities were large, especially in the UK and for lower income households in Germany. We conclude that across all three countries, the impact of the crisis will last via its effects on savings and debt....
Tom Shakespeare et al (26.01.21) This paper reports on in-depth qualitative interviews conducted with 69 disabled people in England and Scotland, and with 28 key informants from infrastructure organisations in the voluntary and statutory sectors, about the impact of COVID-19, and measures taken to control it. Participants were recruited through voluntary organisations. As with everyone, the pandemic has had a huge impact: we discuss the dislocations it has caused in everyday life; the failures of social care; the use of new technologies; and participants’ view on leadership and communication. We conclude with...
Saffron Karlsen discusses five key issues that must be addressed if we are to establish a more complete understanding of the ethnic inequalities that COVID-19 has exposed, and how best to respond to them
