Rejected petition Suspend non-essential university teaching until 21 September 2020

With the Easter coming up, students will return home to potentially Covid-19 hotspots, both in the UK and worldwide, and may unknowingly bring the virus back to spread amongst students. Teaching for non-final year students should be suspended to limit Covid-19 spread until the next academic year.

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With students traveling all over the world to UK universities, there is a heightened risk that students from potential hotspots for Covid-19 could return to studying asymptomatic and spread the disease rapidly amongst the university population.

Most students will only have a couple of weeks teaching after Easter, therefore suspending until 21 September will not have a massively detrimental impact for non-final year students, with most resources being available online.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300628

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

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Date submitted 15 March 2020
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