discussed the large financial implications of COVID . For example , the school budget for work experience had been used for other areas of the school this year . They also discussed how challenging they felt it would be to have available finances to take students on university trips .
Schools A and D picked up on the issue of the financial implications , particularly transport costs , of taking pupils on trips to universities . As School A stated , there are lots of financial requests made to pupils and their families .
Volume of information
Whilst participants acknowledged that Covid has led to the creation of more online resources , this has caused several issues for schools :
• There is a danger that the sheer volume of information is too much , and schools must determine which information is the most relevant because students would simply not read the information if too much was passed on ( Schools C and D ) The volume of information also means it becomes hard to explain the range of courses available at university
• The frequency and similarity of what is provided , for example each university will do a webinar on student finances ( School D ).
• Avoiding information overload to help ensure what is sent home will be read by pupils and parents / carers . ( Schools A / C )
• The transitory nature of online webinars . e . g ., what is available now might not be there in 6 months ( School D )
• Out of date information . School D provided the example of a provider handing out funding information that where six years out of date
Rurality
The issue of rurality was a significant issue for School D . In particular , the following concerns were clear :
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