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Mar 2020
12:57pm, 20 Mar 2020
15,365 posts
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Rosehip
Eldest is another worry, he's in two high-risk categories - but still goes into hospitals every day to maintain and fix equipment (including ventilators etc)...
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Mar 2020
3:42pm, 20 Mar 2020
34,361 posts
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LindsD
Our graduation ceremonies are postponed.
And I can't see them touching student loans. There has been no suggestion that students have to go home and our halls remain open.
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Mar 2020
3:44pm, 20 Mar 2020
34,362 posts
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LindsD
(With restrictions, obviously)
If students are worried they should ask lots of questions of their university. Ours are, and it's our job to answer them (and we do gladly, unless the information is already available and has been well signposted. Then I get grumpy).
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Mar 2020
3:47pm, 20 Mar 2020
44,058 posts
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McGoohan
Eldest is in Brum doing a Masters. The Uni has closed today but he has his dissertation to work on. He reckons he'll stay put where he is for now in Uni residence.
They are supposed to be doing a group project - cut off 31st march - but now sure how that's going to work now.
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Mar 2020
3:55pm, 20 Mar 2020
34,364 posts
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LindsD
There will be an alternative, McG. We are all hard at work sorting it out (assuming all universities are broadly the same)
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Mar 2020
4:10pm, 20 Mar 2020
44,060 posts
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McGoohan
He's having a hard time with this bit: the particular subgroup of teaching staff were reluctant to even grant an extension - long after all other groups had been granted one. The one eldest is in seem completely head-in-the-sand about it all...
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Mar 2020
8:34pm, 23 Mar 2020
3,032 posts
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ThorntonRunner
So after three months as empty nesters, we're back to a full complement of kids at home. Both sons work at an outdoor activities centre, which has now closed, so Son 1 (24 and a lead instructor) is stood down on 80% pay (the government scheme), while Son 2 (22 and a trainee) is stood down - his £200 per month allowance for his traineeship will continue.
Overall we're lucky, but it is a reversal of their independence.
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Mar 2020
8:48pm, 23 Mar 2020
26,501 posts
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HellsBells
Youngest stayed on in Falmouth after uni closed to stay with his girlfriend. I can’t work out if he’s allowed to travel home or not now
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Mar 2020
8:49pm, 23 Mar 2020
15,402 posts
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Rosehip
Daughter has until 8th April to finish her dissertation, goodness knows when I'll see her again  she daren't come home to finish it in case she leaves a vital piece of paper/data behind and anyway, travel home because mum is getting a bit stressed about her is hardly essential travel.
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Mar 2020
9:03pm, 23 Mar 2020
19,092 posts
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Carpathius
RH.
I don't know HB. Think Harry is in the same situation.
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