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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

The crisis continues in with the Govt. compounding the problem by refusing requests fr help for students in schools where facilities are unusable due to the risk of building collapse....

This story remains a metaphor for how the UK's approach to (cost-cutting & skipped maintenance) is not sustainable.... and as we know this is not an issue limited to schools.

(article also contains a helpful graphic on the RAAC problem)

bbc.co.uk/news/education-67781

BBC NewsStudents at Raac schools fear they are 'kissing top grades goodbye'Pupils are forced to postpone science experiments, and even switch courses, months before their GCSEs.