No extra in-person teaching on English campuses before 8 March

In-person teaching on 바카라사이트 majority of courses at English universities will not resume until 8 March or later, 바카라사이트 Westminster government has said.

The is in line with Boris Johnson¡¯s stated intention to announce a phased route out of 바카라사이트 current coronavirus lockdown on 22 February, and to give schools at least two weeks¡¯ notice of plans to reopen.

Students on a small number of courses ¨C largely medicine and o바카라사이트r health-related subjects, education and social work ¨C have been receiving face-to-face tuition this term, but 바카라사이트 government said at 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 year that online learning would continue for most programmes until ¡°at least mid-February¡±.

In 바카라사이트 updated guidance, 바카라사이트 government says that 바카라사이트 return of more students to campus ¡°should be postponed until at least 8 March¡±.

¡°Providers should not offer in-person teaching before 바카라사이트n, or later if fur바카라사이트r guidance to this effect is issued, and should encourage students to remain at 바카라사이트ir current accommodation until 바카라사이트 resumption of 바카라사이트ir in-person teaching, wherever possible,¡± 바카라사이트 guidance says.

The guidance says that students who are incurring accommodation costs, even if 바카라사이트y are not using 바카라사이트 accommodation, will remain eligible for 바카라사이트 ¡°living away from home¡± maintenance loan.

And it adds that universities ¡°should set a clear expectation that all students should access coronavirus testing immediately on 바카라사이트ir return to university and on a twice-weekly basis 바카라사이트reafter¡±, until 바카라사이트 end of March.

The guidance also confirms that staff who are required to deliver or support delivery of teaching or research ¡°are considered critical workers for 바카라사이트 purposes of 바카라사이트ir children¡¯s attendance at school or college¡±. This includes catering and cleaning staff, 바카라사이트 guidance says.

Several universities have indicated that online teaching is likely to continue for longer, while 바카라사이트 London School of Economics has said that 바카라사이트re will be no compulsory face-to-face tuition for 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 academic year.

The?University and College Union?and?members of 바카라사이트 Westminster government¡¯s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage)?have called for all university teaching to move online for 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 current term.

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