Christmas Lockdown For Students

Students and their parents will be rightly worried about the possibility of being locked down in an unfamiliar area over christmas.

Christmas lockdown for students. The idea is set to be discussed at a. By hannah richardson. Ministers are planning to place universities into lockdown for two weeks before christmas with students told to remain on campus and all teaching carried out online. The government is considering a two week lockdown for universities in england before christmas to stop students taking coronavirus home to their communities.

Matt hancock not ruling out christmas lockdown for students. The fortnight long shutdown across. England s university students could face a circuit breaker lockdown in december amid government efforts to get them home for christmas it is reported. Universities will reportedly be instructed to switch from face to face teaching to online in early december while a two week lockdown will allow students to return home for christmas.

Locking students down at christmas is based on a flawed boarding school vision of university that ignores the fact thousands of staff and students commute every day around the uk to and from university. Nus president larissa kennedy made the union s position clear in response to ministers wanting to place universities in england into coronavirus lockdown for a fortnight in december. Students should stay at university over christmas to stop the spread of coronavirus according to government scientists. The national union of students is questioning whether there s legal precedent for a planned pre christmas lockdown for universities in england.

Ministers want to place universities in england into lockdown for two weeks before christmas with students told to remain on campus and all teaching carried out online the guardian has learned. Student leaders and experts have questioned the government s plans for a pre christmas university lockdown arguing it would breach students legal rights and come too late to prevent further.