Roundtable

In countries across the world, normal education is on hold because of coronavirus. Millions of children are being taught at home by parents and carers - so what are the biggest concerns and challenges of mass homeschooling?

Guests:

Jacqueline Daniell

CEO, Wey Education

Pauline Hughes

Co-founder, Vivid State

Dr Paula Rothermel

Child and Educational Psychologist

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World

The COVID-19 outbreak has turned our societies upside down. People have responded in different ways: setting up online groups to help those in need, or stripping supermarkets shelves in a frenzy of panic buying. Our social fabric is being tested - could it change forever?

​GUESTS

Dimitrios Tsivrikos

Consumer Psychologist, University College London

Candace Reading

Online Magazine Editor and a campaigner

Rodolfo Leyva,

Media and Communications, London School of Economics

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

The European Union has been divided over how to respond to coronavirus and the tremendous economic pressure it’s creating. We’ve seen the EU tested by financial crises before - but could this one be different?

Guests:

Fabio Massimo Parenti

Professor in International Political Economy

Waltraud Schelkle

Professor in Political Economy, LSE

Pieter Cleppe

Policy Analyst

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

COVID-19 has governments scrambling to respond and it could change the dynamics in some of the world’s conflict zones, from Syria to Yemen to Libya. Will armed groups try to take advantage of the chaos caused by the virus - or will it put them on the defensive too?

​GUESTS

Mukhtar Karim

CEO, Lady Fatemah Charitable Trust

Isabelle Arradon

Research Director, International Crisis Group

Jalel Harchaoui

Conflict Research Unit, Clingendael Institute​

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

The UN is asking for billions of dollars to help those most in need during the coronavirus outbreak... including refugees fleeing conflict and violence. But with countries stretched to the limit protecting their own citizens, will the most vulnerable get left behind?

Ole Solvange

Norwegian Refugee Council

Dr Paul Spiegel

Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins University

Erol Yayboke

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT WORLD.

Coronavirus is testing even the world’s most sophisticated health systems - so there is real concern about how poorer nations will cope with mass outbreaks. How can the developing world deal with COVID-19?

Joining us at the Roundtable was:

Mishal Khan

Associate Professor, London School of Tropical Medicine

Anthony Costello

Professor of Global Health, University College London

Camilla Knox-Peebles

Chief Executive, Amref Health Africa UK

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

From homemade cures to concern about pets - the number of claims going viral on social media have been spreading almost as fast as Covid-19 itself. We’re putting some of the myths to the test - on Roundtable.

#coronavirus #coronavirusmyths #coronavirusmisinformation

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekend at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

With the airline industry in a tailspin. There’s been a warning that even the biggest players could be bankrupt by the end of May - so what can be done to save them- and do they need saving?

With the airline industry in a tailspin. There’s been a warning that even the biggest players could be bankrupt by the end of May - so what can be done to save them- and do they need saving?

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

#aviation #pandemic #coronavirus

In countries across the world, offices have emptied because of coronavirus. But for many of those companies it’s business almost as usual. Are we going through a remote working revolution?

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

#remoteworking #homeoffice #coronavirus