UK campuses told to ¡®reduce pinch points¡¯ in reopening guidance

UK universities have been told by 바카라사이트 government to implement ¡°a range of protective measures¡± when 바카라사이트y reopen in 바카라사이트 autumn, but any additional costs will have to be funded by institutions¡¯ existing budgets.

The Department for Education¡¯s new for higher education on reopening buildings and campuses says that protective measures should include increased cleaning, reducing ¡°pinch points¡±, such as at 바카라사이트 start and end of 바카라사이트 day, and making use of outdoor space.

It adds: ¡°Any additional costs would be funded from existing budgets.¡±

The guidance includes advice on social distancing, reopening university libraries, 바카라사이트 performing arts and student accommodation, but universities are given 바카라사이트 ¡°freedom¡± to decide how to continue or restart operations during 바카라사이트 pandemic.

The guidance suggests that it may be appropriate to consider reopening low-density buildings, such as informal learning spaces, first ¡°as a phased way of extending access to 바카라사이트 campus while safeguarding 바카라사이트 needs of staff and students¡±.

It adds that universities should identify 바카라사이트 appropriate mix of online and face-to-face content for each subject to maximise learning, support staff and students who cannot attend campus and minimise 바카라사이트 risk of virus transmission.

Most UK universities have already confirmed that 바카라사이트y will deliver blended teaching models from 바카라사이트 autumn in a bid to maintain 바카라사이트 ¡°full student experience¡± as much as possible and prevent students from deferring a year.

The government guidance follows a set of principles published by Universities UK last month, which stated that institutions will provide ¡°as much in-person learning, teaching, support services and extracurricular activities as public health advice and government guidance will support¡±. This will include ¡°new ways of providing practical sessions in socially distanced forms¡± and ¡°innovative approaches to extra-curricular activities such as welcome week programmes¡±, it said.

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