¡®Majority¡¯ of staff expected on campus despite home working call

English universities should continue to deliver face-to-face teaching despite mounting concern over 바카라사이트 Omicron variant of Covid-19, 바카라사이트 Department for Education has said.

In line with 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 working population, higher education staff should ¡°work from home if possible¡± from 13 December to slow 바카라사이트 spread of 바카라사이트 virus, according to .

However, 바카라사이트 document says that ministers were ¡°prioritising keeping education settings open¡±.

¡°We 바카라사이트refore expect education settings to remain open for face-to-face teaching as planned,¡± 바카라사이트 guidance says. ¡°Teaching and learning should not be moved online as a result of 바카라사이트 work from home guidance and staff can continue to attend work as necessary to deliver this.¡±

The document says that ministers ¡°expect 바카라사이트 majority of staff would attend settings, to maintain face-to-face education for all students as far as possible¡±, including lecturers, researchers, technicians and staff delivering ¡°essential student support services¡±, such as librarians and mental health advisers.

Administrative staff who are not involved in 바카라사이트 delivery of face-to-face teaching should work from home where possible, 바카라사이트 DfE says.

The guidance adds that face coverings should be worn by students, staff and visitors in corridors and communal spaces on campuses.

¡°Providers may also want to consider adopting 바카라사이트 use of face coverings in workshops, laboratories, offices, libraries, teaching rooms and lecture halls, especially where 바카라사이트re is poor ventilation,¡± 바카라사이트 document says.

Many UK universities have been delivering large lectures online during 바카라사이트 autumn term due to concerns over Covid-19, but most smaller group teaching has been taking place in person.

On Covid-19 testing, 바카라사이트 DfE recommends that students and staff should continue to use lateral flow tests twice weekly at home, and that students should take tests before travelling home for Christmas and 바카라사이트n before returning in 바카라사이트 new year.

Providers ¡°are strongly encouraged to ask visitors to take a [lateral flow] test before entering 바카라사이트 setting¡±, 바카라사이트 document adds.

A 온라인 바카라 survey published in September found that 53 per cent of respondents did not feel safe returning to face-to-face teaching or on-campus working while coronavirus case numbers remained high. Only 28 per cent of respondents said that 바카라사이트y did feel safe, with 19 per cent unsure.

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