Universities to stagger return of students to campuses
Ryan Taylor
Universities will stagger the return of students to campuses over at least six weeks.
The news has been announced as part of a package of measures to minimise the transmission of coronavirus.
With only very limited exceptions, the Scottish government says undergraduates should initially plan to restart their studies at home – and only return to campuses and term-time accommodation when notified to do so by their universities.
When students return to term-time accommodation, they will be offered “lateral flow” Covid testing – similar to that offered ahead of Christmas.
All students are being asked to restrict their social interaction for a fortnight before they return to university and for the same period after they get there.
College students – who largely do not move away from home to go to education – are being asked to return as planned, in line with the protection level for the area their college is in.
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