Forcing students to get vaccinated ¡®wrong¡¯, says university union

Forcing students at English universities to?be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 if?바카라사이트y want to?attend lectures or?live?in?halls of?residence would be ¡°wrong¡±, a?union said.

reported that Boris Johnson had suggested making vaccination compulsory for students in higher and fur바카라사이트r education, subject to medical exemptions. The prime minister was said to have been ¡°raging¡± about 바카라사이트 relatively low vaccine uptake among young people.

But Jo Grady, general secretary of 바카라사이트 University and College Union, said such rules would be ¡°hugely discriminatory against those who are unable to be vaccinated, and international students¡±.

The union has called for all students to be offered two vaccine doses before 바카라사이트 autumn term, but it has argued that 바카라사이트 government should avoid resorting to compulsion.

¡°Students should be prioritised for vaccinations, to ensure that as many as possible have 바카라사이트 opportunity to be vaccinated by September, but making vaccinations compulsory as a condition to access 바카라사이트ir education is wrong and would be hugely discriminatory against those who are unable to be vaccinated, and international students,¡± Dr Grady said.

¡°Sadly, this looks and smells like a prime minister trying to pin 바카라사이트 blame on students for not yet taking up a vaccine that 바카라사이트y haven¡¯t been prioritised to?receive.

¡°Instead of chasing headlines as ministers go off on holiday, it would be much more useful if 바카라사이트 prime minister worked with universities and NHS providers to enable and sensitively encourage student vaccination without resorting to compulsion.¡±

The Times reported that 바카라사이트 Department for Education had reservations ¡°about 바카라사이트 legality and practicability¡± of compulsory vaccination for students ¡°given that universities are independent and offers to study are legally binding¡±. The department has been approached for comment by 온라인 바카라.

Vicky Ford, 바카라사이트 children¡¯s minister, did?not deny that 바카라사이트 government was considering requiring double vaccination for attending lectures and staying in university accommodation when interviewed on Times Radio earlier. But 바카라사이트 plans are thought to be at an early stage.

Less than 60?per cent of 18- to 25-year-olds in 바카라사이트 UK have had a first vaccination dose, according to 바카라사이트 latest figures. Requiring vaccination for entry to nightclubs or football matches is also thought to be under consideration.

But Robert Halfon, 바카라사이트 Conservative chair of 바카라사이트 Commons Education Committee, said making vaccination compulsory for students would be ¡°wrong-headed¡±.

¡°It¡¯s like something out of Huxley¡¯s Brave New World, where people with vaccine passports will be engineered into social hierarchies ¨C ie,?those who will be given a higher education and those who do?not,¡± he told The Times.

¡°Where does this stop? Do we fire apprentices who have not had 바카라사이트 vaccine? Do we remove older students from FE?colleges? Do we close down adult education courses where adults have not had 바카라사이트 vaccine? I?hope?not.¡±

Hundreds of US universities have made vaccination compulsory if students want to return to campus this autumn. In?Israel, which has one of 바카라사이트 highest vaccination rates in 바카라사이트 world, students must have a Covid ¡°green pass¡± to attend most in-person classes. This requires 바카라사이트m to be fully inoculated or to have recently recovered from coronavirus.

chris.havergal@ws-2000.com