Over the course of this year, the Welsh Government have been holding a series of online seminars to showcase and disseminate the main findings from the Collaborative Evidence Network (CEN) reports. The eighteen collaborative research projects, involving HEIs and other organisations, looked at impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on various aspects of the education system and on particular groups of learners. They also looked at ways to mitigate those impacts, as well as ways practitioners and learners can be better supported going forwards.
This fifth seminar focuses on the impact of COVID disruption on GCSE, A Level and HE Learners, and the implications for future policy and provision. This includes an examination of how independent study habits changed for GCSE and A Level learners, an assessment of how student transitions were affected and an evaluation of the nature of online provision in Initial Teacher Education courses.