In a letter to Gavin Williamson, the University and College Union has called for better health and safety measures, including compulsory face masks on campus and free PCR tests.
The union has warned that the chaos seen at universities in the last year will be repeated without strict measures in place for staff and studentsAll university students should be vaccinated by September and face masks should be compulsory on campus, according to the University and College Union .
The union has written a letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, warning that the chaos seen at universities in the last academic year will be repeated unless strict measures are in place to protect staff and students. It is calling for vaccinations to be made available to students and strict health and safety measures put in place on campuses.The University and College Union has written a letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamsonjab has been approved for young people up to three months before they turn 18 but the union wants all students vaccinated before the start of the new terms in the autumn and wants students to be a priority group.
It is also calling on universities to make face makes compulsory for students and staff, access to free PCR tests and funding from the government to support education recovery.According to the UCU, at least 45 universities in the UK reported serious COVID-19 outbreaks, with thousands forced to self-isolate in halls and it has warned that universities are especially vulnerable to further outbreaks, with more than one million students travelling across the country to live and study away from home.
The union's general secretary Jo Gardy described the dropping of social distancing and mask-wearing in England, and the reopening of nightclubs, as"reckless" and a"recipe for disaster".
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