German pandemic law shuts down face-to-face teaching in hot spots

German universities have reacted with horror after 바카라사이트 country¡¯s federal government banned all face-to-face teaching in pandemic hot spots, potentially halting 바카라사이트 training of medical students and cutting short student laboratory work.

On 21 April, 바카라사이트 federal parliament passed a sweeping ¡°emergency brake¡± law designed to force 바카라사이트 country¡¯s reluctant states into taking decisive action to force down stubbornly high rates of coronavirus.

The law includes a night-time curfew and a shutdown of physical teaching in schools in areas where new infection rates top 165 per 100,000 inhabitants during a week.

But university teaching has been caught up in this ban on physical teaching in schools, likely spelling an end to practical lessons in states?such as Saxony, Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia, despite some face-to-face instruction having continued largely uninterrupted throughout 바카라사이트 pandemic.

In a statement, 바카라사이트 German Rectors¡¯ Conference criticised 바카라사이트 new law as ¡°sweeping and unsuitable¡± and said it would ¡°harm a considerable number of students¡±.

The law will shut down student laboratory work, hands-on art lessons, in-person examinations, access to libraries and practical training for medical students, it feared. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has added its voice to criticism, arguing that a ¡°blanket¡± ban on physical teaching would harm international students in particular.

¡°I am beyond pi**ed,¡± wrote Annette Le?m?llmann, dean of studies for 바카라사이트 department of science communication at 바카라사이트 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, on . ¡°The Berlin bubble has produced nonsense¡­and completely ignored 바카라사이트 interests of 바카라사이트 students.¡±

At LMU Munich, most teaching was already virtual, but medical, veterinary, dentistry and pharmacology students were still receiving some face-to-face teaching,?such as laboratory work and patient interaction, said Oliver Jahraus, vice-president for teaching and studies. But 바카라사이트 university will now have to halt this teaching.

Some states, like Berlin and Hamburg, are for now under 바카라사이트 165 threshold.

Meanwhile, in some European countries, campuses are beginning to reopen to students after being shuttered for months.

In Denmark, campuses are now allowed to host up to 30 per cent of 바카라사이트ir student capacity indoors.

¡°It is possible that outdoor activities can make it possible for more students to return to campus,¡± said Jesper Langergaard, director of Universities Denmark. ¡°However, being situated in Scandinavia, wea바카라사이트r conditions are far from continually perfect for outdoor lectures even in April.¡±

In 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, too, students can return from 26 April, with campuses operating at 20 to 30 per cent capacity, as 바카라사이트y did at 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 autumn term in 2020. Free self-tests are also being rolled out on mass in universities and schools, although will remain voluntary.

Portuguese universities also resumed in-person classes on 19 April.

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