Research Hub: Coronavirus
Highlights of media coverage of our academics' COVID-19 research and expertise.
BBC. Business Daily
Dr Hans Sievertsen spoke on Business Daily about "The long shadow of Covid on kids' education."
21 July 2021
Financial Times. Why the UK inflation risk after lockdown is hard to assess [Behind a paywall]
15 March 2021
Times Radio. Aasmah Mir and Stig Abell with Times Radio Breakfast
Professor Richard Davies discusses the upcoming Budget.
1 March 2021
CNN International. Newsroom
Professor Simon Burgess discusses learning loss and the potential future impact on the economy and lifetime earnings for current School pupils. He also discusses policy solutions to tackle the problem including tutoring programmes.
25 February 2021
Financial Times. The hard lessons of home schooling [Behind a paywall]
Professor Simon Burgess and Dr Hans Sievertsen.
19 February 2021
Sky News. COVID-19 has hit exam years hardest - but students need not be a 'lost generation', study finds
Report on ImpactEd’s report on the impact of COVID-19 on pupils in England co-authored by Dr Babak Somekh.
8 February 2021
The Guardian. 'They are scared to try new things': how is home school impacting young children?
6 February 2021
talkRADIO. The Mark Dolan Show (@ 6:08pm)
Professor Simon Burgess discusses learning loss and the potential future impact on the economy and lifetime earnings for current School pupils. He also discusses policy solutions to tackle the problem including tutoring programmes.
1 February 2021
RCPCH Insight - Medium. How can we help children and young people recover from disrupted education?
28 January 2021
The Telegraph. ‘Army of tutors needed’ to ease damage of lost school learning [Behind a paywall]
9 January 2021
BBC Radio 5 Live. Wake Up To Money.
Professor Simon Burgess discusses learning loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
7 January 2021
The Guardian. Children in poorer areas of England missing more schooling – study
30 October 2020
BBC News. Coronavirus: Lost school time 'will hurt economy for 65 years' - study
24 July 2020
The Independent. School closures will hit UK productivity for years, experts warn
24 July 2020
The Daily Mail. Coronavirus school closures could hit pupils' earnings for the next FIFTY years, report says
24 July 2020
New York Times. Should 5-Year-Olds Start School This Year?
23 July 2020
The Economist. Downturns tend to reduce gender inequality. Not under covid-19. [Behind a paywall]
6 June 2020
News-24.fr. Les femmes sur le marché du travail – Les ralentissements ont tendance à réduire les inégalités entre les sexes. Pas sous covid-19
2 June 2020
The Times. School closures have put an entire generation at a huge disadvantage [Behind a paywall] also available on the IFS website
25 May 2020
BBC Radio 4. The Briefing Room The Inequalities of Lockdown
Professor Simon Burgess contributes to a BBC Radio 4 documentary examining which jobs have been lost, whose health is more at risk and whose education is most likely to suffer. And which asks if the lockdown will increase inequality? And if it does, how might a government reverse that trend once normal life is resumed?
11 April 2020