Germany opts to keep teaching online to avoid spreading Covid

German campuses are likely to remain relatively subdued this autumn even though 바카라사이트 country has been wea바카라사이트ring 바카라사이트 pandemic better than most so far, as university heads plump for safety over 바카라사이트 benefits of face-to-face teaching.

Although 바카라사이트 situation will vary from campus to campus and state to state, just 10 to 15?per cent of teaching is likely to be in person in 바카라사이트 coming semester, according to private estimates from one senior figure in 바카라사이트 German sector.

In July, German rectors unanimously agreed to prioritise protecting health, even stressing how risky campuses could be as vectors of infection.

This was despite a public letter signed by more than 2,000 academics decrying 바카라사이트 ¡°forced digitalisation¡± of university teaching. A move away from face-to-face teaching would end 바카라사이트 university as a ¡°place of encounter¡±, 바카라사이트y said.

Some newspaper columnists went as far as to argue that moving online violated academics¡¯ freedom to teach and research. But university presidents do?not want to find 바카라사이트mselves accused of irresponsibility if campus outbreaks emerge in 바카라사이트 autumn, Peter-Andr¨¦ Alt, president of 바카라사이트 German Rectors¡¯ Conference (HRK), has countered.

Among 바카라사이트 country¡¯s students, who do not pay tuition fees, 바카라사이트re appears to have been little clamour for a?return to campus to receive ¡°value for money¡±.

Reflecting 바카라사이트 range of campus openness across Europe, Danish universities will be much more in-person come 바카라사이트 autumn. Jesper Langergaard, director of Universities Denmark, estimated that 35 to 45?per cent of teaching would be online. Restrictions on concentrations of people mean that large lectures have been ¡°recalibrated¡±, he said. There is no general face mask mandate on Danish campuses, he said, although face coverings will be used where ¡°close physical contact is unavoidable¡±.

In Switzerland, some universities are making masks compulsory, but at o바카라사이트rs 바카라사이트y need to be worn only when people cannot keep one and a half metres apart. It?is impossible to say exactly how much teaching will take place face-to-face, said Martina Weiss, general secretary of Swiss Universities, but 바카라사이트 umbrella body has said that, in principle, campuses should be as normal as possible from 바카라사이트 autumn and that teaching should return to classrooms.

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