University of Cambridge commits to a major new centre for music performance
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University of Cambridge commits to a major new centre for music performance

The University of Cambridge is creating Centre for Music Performance (CMP) to transform the visibility, scale, ambition and reach of musical life at Cambridge. This initiative will contribute to the recovery of the physical University in the wake of the pandemic, and is an important signal of Cambridge’s ongoing commitment to the performing arts. The…

Most students say their mental health suffered in pandemic
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Most students say their mental health suffered in pandemic

On average 56% of university students worldwide said their mental health suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, in a survey of about 17,000 students in 21 countries that was conducted for Chegg.org, an educational technology and textbook rental firm in the United States. Brazil had the highest percentage saying their mental health suffered, at 76%, followed…

Most students pleased with their digital learning
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Most students pleased with their digital learning

Nearly seven in 10 students surveyed rate the quality of online and digital learning as either ‘best imaginable’, ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ (68% of both further and higher education students). But the snapshot findings of the Jisc survey of 27,069 higher and further education students in the United Kingdom also found that areas such as well-being,…