What is the role of an IT consultant?

There are a number of different roles within IT that can make it a very rewarding job. One role that you may consider is a consultant. But what is an IT consultant and what are your main job tasks.

The job of an IT consultant can be very challenging. You will often be going in to businesses and looking at the way the business is ran and how you can improve it focusing on the IT they use. This may be within the finance area, marketing area, management or a combination of many different departments and often involves looking in to how IT can help improve process that happen within the business. So many businesses use a lot of IT in their business, especially over the last 18 months where they may have only been able to trade online due to lockdowns.

As a consultant it is important that you know about your client and their industry. You need to keep your ear to the ground and be proactive with any IT products that you recommend. You should take the time to get to fully understand the business that you are working with and what is available to them in their industry. Knowing the history of the business and their current IT software and uses is vital.

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End of year class trips put on hold once again

Many children have again missed out on their end of year celebrations. Although some of the restrictions may have been lifted before the schools broke up not many schools actually did what they normally would. This has left many children feeling that they have not had the opportunity to say goodbye to their friends or teachers properly.

IT may be that they normally Covid case still on the rise, many teachers thought that it would not really be possible to organise such an event.

If your child has missed out on end of year activities then try and think of other ways that they can have fun whilst still staying safe. It could be that you plan to do something once they are back in school in September or October time although no one knows exactly what the rules will be at that time and it could be if cases start to rise again, we have to go in to another lockdown.

Starting secondary school can be daugnting enough and many children have not been able to go for taster days at their new school, so those first few days may be a little different for them and you may need to offer them some extra reassurance.

Will exams resume as normal next year?

No one knows exactly what the next 12 months will hold for us in terms of the virus and restrictions, but many are hopeful that by then most things will have returned to normal and children will have remained in school. It is likely that the education mister will want exams to resume next year as long as everything continues on the path that it has but this does mean that students that are going to be doing them will need to do a fair amount of catching up in preparation.

Some exams are not really important in terms of the student’s education going forward but others will make a huge difference in to what colleges, universities or sixth forms they can get in to along with what jobs they can apply for.

It is likely that many students will feel under pressure more than ever to perform well and may not be given any allowances like the last two years’ students have. The government is looking in to ways in which it can offer additional education to those in need of it later on this year, but it may all be a little too late for those sitting exams next spring.

Will the life of a teacher ever return to normal?

For over 12 months now teachers have had their job roles turned upside down. Teaching has changed very much and when lots of people were told to stay at home, teachers were one of a handful that were told to continue working.

As the year progresses, we are seeing lots of different restrictions being lifted, but that of social distancing is still in place and children are still being taught in their class bubbles. Assemblies are still being done virtually at present and children can only play with people in their bubble not their usual friends. Many staff rooms are closed except to make a drink and teachers are having to give up lunch and break times to sit with their class. Although this has been the situation for some time now, it is still not a nice way of working for anyone and many teachers have said that they cannot wait until they can get back to some sort of normality again and teach the way they used to. Use of equipment is very limited and so lessons that have been taught for years before have suddenly had to be scrapped. It is likely that even if restrictions are lifted in June, many schools will stick to the bubbles until after the 6 week holidays.

Should pupils be made to do catch up lessons?

Many students have missed out on a huge amount of education over the last 12 months due to the Covid pandemic. During the first lockdown, schools were simply not set up to execute remote learning and therefore many pupils did little or no schoolwork. During the final lockdown, schools have been able to offer various ways in which pupils can still access online learning such as virtual video lessons or software that allows them to send and receive work digitally.

Even with these additional processes in place, some students if not all, will have fallen behind and the government are looking at ways in which they can help them recover. There are currently a number of different options being considered such as lengthening the school day, running summer schools or shortening holidays. All of these options are going to require teacher and students to be in school for additional time and not everyone agrees that this is the best way forward. Not only have students missed out on their education but there has also been a huge lack of social interaction. For some, this has had an effect on their wellbeing and mental health which is surely more important than education. There needs to be a balance and it is yet to be seen if the right balance is going to be found.