Christmas Lockdown Of Students

At glasgow university 120 students have tested positive for covid 19 and are among 600 self isolating there.

Christmas lockdown of students. Academics had warned against the mass movement of the uk s million students. 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. Universities in england could be instructed to switch from face to face teaching to online only classes in early december while a two week lockdown will allow students to return home for. Matt hancock has refused to rule out banning students from returning home at christmas to limit the spread of coronavirus outbreaks.

Hancock refuses to rule out christmas student lockdown. 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. The university and college union had called for students to be taught wholly online from home until christmas ahead of the start of term but ministers. The national union of students is questioning whether there s legal precedent for a planned pre christmas lockdown for universities in england.