On April 2020, 4, Tohoku University announced that it had decided to provide emergency assistance to students.A total of 23 million yen will be provided to current students who are suffering from the new coronavirus infection and are living anxious days in terms of both learning and living.
At Tohoku University, we have established a support system throughout the university, saying, "Even under the self-restraint and restrictions of various activities, each student can concentrate on his / her studies, fully demonstrate his / her ability, and lead a positive student life." is.
First, we will lend out PCs and Wi-Fi routers to all students with insufficient internet environment to support them so that they can study online smoothly.Next, a student participation type peer supporter was newly established, and about 2000 advisor faculty members were assigned to all students.In addition, we will establish a student peer supporter system for about 2500 undergraduate students, including new students, and establish a system that can give detailed advice to each student online.In addition, on-campus specialists will be available online for students who have problems with their studies, careers, relationships, mental health, or any other disability.
As financial support, we will hire 2500 student peer supporters and 100 expert teaching assistants to promote online lessons for students who are concerned about their living expenses due to refraining from working part-time.In addition, we will prepare our own emergency benefit scholarships, decide the amount and timing of payment according to the circumstances, and implement them in sequence.
Tohoku University opened the "Tohoku University New Coronavirus BCP Response Guide" on April 4, and is disseminating information to students and faculty members.Information distribution by current students LINEbot also sends the latest information for each faculty / graduate school.
