ABSTRACT
The article focuses on a current topic in connection with the global pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, COVID-19 disease, related emergency measures, in which distance learning at all levels of study was widely used in the Czech Republic. The main topic of the article is the evaluation of economic aspects of distance learning from the perspective of university students of social work and other helping professions at the University of Hradec Kralove in the Czech Republic. A questionnaire survey was used to obtain responses, and the obtained data were evaluated using basic statistical methods. Students were asked to evaluate their savings, costs and their mental health following distance learning, which took place at universities in the Czech Republic from spring 2020 and throughout the school year 2020 - 2021. Students' savings in travelling, accommodation and food were found to be more significant than the cost of distance learning equipment. It was also found that the pandemic had a negative impact on the mental condition, especially of students in full time studies. The results of the study attach a personal and local part to the overall picture of the impacts of the global pandemic.