Coronavirus tests should be compulsory for university students, scientists urge
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus tests should be compulsory for university students, scientists urge

The Independent  

Coronavirus tests should be mandatory for UK university students and staff to help control potential transmission, according to a group of independent experts. In a new report published on Friday, the academic collective – which has been highly critical of the government’s handling of the pandemic – also recommended that universities make remote learning the new “default”. Worried by the difficulty in enforcing social distancing at parties and formal freshers’ events, the group has also called for socialising to be restricted to students’ residential “bubbles”. The Independent Sage group’s call for caution challenges the position of Universities UK – which has made clear students should be able to socialise and benefit from in-person teaching. Universities UK’s chief executive Alistair Jarvis stated in June that “most students can expect significant in-person teaching and a wide range of social activities and support services” when term begins this autumn.

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Students pushed to ignore Covid rules by rigid exam rules, association says
3 years ago

Students pushed to ignore Covid rules by rigid exam rules, association says

NL Times  

Tens of thousands of students are being pushed to ignore coronavirus measures and quarantine rules by their educational institution's strict test policy, student organization ISO said to NU.nl. At least six institutions are using the "normal" resit policy, which means that students unable to write the test due to illness - or quarantine - will have to write at the …

Little support for coronavirus access passes in higher education
3 years, 1 month ago

Little support for coronavirus access passes in higher education

NL Times  

There is little support in higher education for the introduction of a coronavirus access pass for students. In a press conference on Tuesday, the Cabinet said that students might soon have to show a coronavirus access pass to get onto campus, should the number of coronavirus infections not decrease with the current measures. "Apart from the fact that it affects …

Students using Covid self tests, but following other rules getting harder
3 years, 3 months ago

Students using Covid self tests, but following other rules getting harder

NL Times  

People are finding it increasingly difficult to adhere to the coronavirus measures that are still in place. The respondents also indicated that they support the current coronavirus policy less, people are tested less often at the GGD if they have symptoms, and they more often opt for a self-test. "When the numbers fell rapidly at the beginning of the summer, …

Class of 2020: 'The reality of being at university during Covid– and what this year's freshers should know'
3 years, 4 months ago

Class of 2020: 'The reality of being at university during Covid– and what this year's freshers should know'

The Telegraph  

Looking back, it was never going to be a normal start for first year students. As soon as term began last September, almost 2,000 freshers at Manchester Metropolitan University were ordered to self-isolate after hundreds tested positive for coronavirus. Things were tense, and on Nov 5, the first day of England’s second national lockdown, thousands of students at Manchester University …

102 Students, Staff Members Test Covid-19 Positive in Andhra University, Hostel Made into Isolation Ward
3 years, 8 months ago

102 Students, Staff Members Test Covid-19 Positive in Andhra University, Hostel Made into Isolation Ward

News 18  

Authorities have turned a hostel block of Andhra University Engineering College, Visakhapatnam into an isolation ward after 102 students have tested positive for novel coronavirus on Sunday. The Engineering College Covid-19 cluster came to light when over 50 students tested positive on Saturday. College authorities told The News Minute that as of Sunday 102 Covid-19 cases have been recorded on …

Students protest at Osmania seeking Covid testing, postponement of exams
3 years, 9 months ago

Students protest at Osmania seeking Covid testing, postponement of exams

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Over 200 students staged a protest at Osmania University on Friday seeking Covid-19 testing and postponement of exams, after they claimed that six students there tested positive for the coronavirus. After conducting tests for just 150 students, the university says it would not do further tests as we have exams the next day. Students said, “The university is neither …

COVID-19 in Maharashtra: 39 students, five staff test positive for coronavirus at Latur hostel
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19 in Maharashtra: 39 students, five staff test positive for coronavirus at Latur hostel

Firstpost  

The infected students and employees have been quarantined at a government hostel near the city in central Maharashtra, an official said Latur: As many as 39 students and five employees of a hostel have tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra’s Latur city, an official said on Tuesday. At least 360 students residing at the hostel underwent COVID-19 tests and 39 …

Ministers warn that any change to coronavirus rules will be cautious
3 years, 10 months ago

Ministers warn that any change to coronavirus rules will be cautious

Dutch News  

Any changes in the current coronavirus measures will be confined to ‘small cautious steps’ even if a relaxation of the rules is an option, health minister Hugo de Jonge told reporters after Friday’s meeting with regional safety board chiefs. Ministers will meet at the prime minister’s official residence on Sunday to discuss the latest situation and will take to health …

Rapid coronavirus testing scheme ‘may increase rather than decrease’ cases in schools, experts warn
3 years, 11 months ago

Rapid coronavirus testing scheme ‘may increase rather than decrease’ cases in schools, experts warn

The Independent  

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Students returning home for Christmas caused thousands of Covid infections, study suggests
3 years, 11 months ago

Students returning home for Christmas caused thousands of Covid infections, study suggests

The Independent  

The return of university students to their homes over Christmas may have caused thousands of extra coronavirus infections, modelling suggests. Mathematicians at Cardiff University found that coronavirus-infected students returning home from university over the festive period would, on average, have infected approximately one other household member with the virus. Professor Paul Harper, who worked on the study, said: “With the …

Coronavirus: 1M students to travel across UK when lockdown ends
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus: 1M students to travel across UK when lockdown ends

Daily Mail  

University students will be offered Covid tests after lockdown ends on December 2 before having a six-day window to travel home for Christmas under the government's evacuation-style plan. The Government said Covid-19 tests will be offered to as many students as possible before they travel home but the establishment of testing capacity will be a 'massive undertaking', an executive dean …

Nearly 2,000 students at universities in the North East test positive for coronavirus
4 years, 2 months ago

Nearly 2,000 students at universities in the North East test positive for coronavirus

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Nearly 2,000 students …

Coronavirus: More than 750 Northumbria University students test positive
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus: More than 750 Northumbria University students test positive

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A spokesperson for Northumbria University said: “The increase in numbers comes in the week …

Coronavirus: 200 people filmed partying in student halls as universities warn of expulsions for rule-breaking
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus: 200 people filmed partying in student halls as universities warn of expulsions for rule-breaking

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Around 200 people have been filmed partying in student accommodation, …

Students warned they may need to self-isolate first if they want to go home for Christmas
4 years, 2 months ago

Students warned they may need to self-isolate first if they want to go home for Christmas

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Students may need to self-isolate as the end of term approaches …

Students should not return home if there is an outbreak at their university, Government says
4 years, 3 months ago

Students should not return home if there is an outbreak at their university, Government says

The Telegraph  

Students should not return home if there is an outbreak at their university in order to avoid spreading coronavirus around the country, the Government has said. Please, for the sake of your education, for your parents’ and your grandparents’ health, wash your hands, cover your face, make space, and don’t socially gather in groups of more than six now and …

Close UK campuses to prevent second Covid-19 wave, warn British academics
4 years, 3 months ago

Close UK campuses to prevent second Covid-19 wave, warn British academics

Hindustan Times  

UK universities beginning the next academic year from September should not open campuses to prevent a major public health crisis, a leading union of lecturers warned on Sunday, given the risk to students moving across homes and campuses throughout the country amid the raging Covid-19 pandemic. The University and College Union said the movement of over a million students across …

Lanarkshire: Officials investigating coronavirus outbreak at NHS contact tracing centre
4 years, 5 months ago

Lanarkshire: Officials investigating coronavirus outbreak at NHS contact tracing centre

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One senior source said: “The contact tracing service is now …

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