As teachers, our academic disciplines sit at the very heart of what we do and how we see the world. When preparing for a recent assembly, I asked our heads of department to summarise how they saw the current pandemic, based on the lens of their subject area. The results were startling.
Economists saw the global economic impact of lockdowns; biologists the intricate details of the 15 genes of the Covid-19 virus; classicists heard references to the opening book of the Iliad and the terrible plague that Apollo sends down upon the Greek armies; geographers imagined the potential long-term demographic ramifications; while musicians pondered the lasting impact this may have upon the performing arts in the UK and across the world.
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