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Government plans to force universities into two week lockdown will INCREASE infections, experts warn

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Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, above, last month revealed the proposal to lockdown students for two weeks (file photo) Government plans to get students home for Christmas by forcing universities into a two-week lockdown in December will increase Covid-19 infections, experts have warned. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson last month revealed the proposal to self-isolate students between … Read more

Universities are facing two week Covid-19 lockdown before end of term in December

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Plan to save Covid students’ Christmas: Universities are facing two week lockdown before end of term in December under government proposals to get students home for festive season Gavin Williamson last month revealed plan to self-isolate students for two weeks Universities’ minister expected to hold talks today to raise support for proposal But higher education … Read more

Covid-19 infection rates at universities are up to SEVEN TIMES higher than in local cities

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Coronavirus outbreaks in student areas are much bigger in the universities than in the towns and cites around them, data shows.  Analysis shows there are up to seven times more cases per person among certain student populations than in the public. Sheffield University reported 588 student infections in the week ending 8 October, which is … Read more

Students slam universities for feeding them ‘junk food’ while they isolate in halls

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Students are branding their university accommodation ‘the UK’s most expensive prison’ as they criticise the food supplied to them in isolation.  Undergraduates have branded food parcels as being filled with ‘junk’, forcing them to get their parents to send fresh fruit and vegetables.  And some students have claimed that universities have forgotten to give them … Read more

Museums and universities should keep statues of controversial figures, says Culture Secretary

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‘Don’t hide our history away’: Museums and universities should keep statues of controversial figures, says Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden Culture Sec. told Tory conference universities and museums should keep statues Oliver Dowden said it was a sign of weakness to seek to ‘eradicate’ history  ‘Keep your monuments in place and use them to explain our … Read more

Coronavirus lockdown UK: Universities face demands to return tuition fees

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Students and parents have started to demand tuition fee refunds as universities abandon face-to-face teaching because of Covid outbreaks. Thousands of freshers are currently locked down in their rooms as rising cases of the virus devastates the start of term. The intake has already endured the summer grading fiasco and some are now stuck inside while … Read more

12 universities set up their own Covid testing – as students are banned from parties or pubs

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A dozen universities in England and Wales have set up their own Covid-19 testing facilities as thousands of students in Scotland are banned from going to parties and pubs this weekend – as outbreaks are recorded on at least 10 campuses across the UK. Up to 125 students have contacted coronavirus across three universities in … Read more

Elite universities reveal covid testing plans

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Elite universities reveal covid testing plans as Exeter signs contract with private company to offer same-day results and Cambridge promises weekly tests for all students Cambridge says it will offer all students living in college accommodation a weekly coronavirus test after term begins on October 8  Exeter University has announced it is teaming up with … Read more

Universities could become ground zero for a coronavirus second wave, unions warn

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Universities could become ground zero for a coronavirus second wave unless they scrap face-to-face teaching, unions warn as students prepare to return next month The movement of around one million students ‘could spark cases in universities’  University and College Union  warns Government is ‘encouraging a health crisis’  UCU general secretary Jo Grady has now said … Read more