Whether it’s asking academics to report on illegal meetings or expanding online education, educational establishments continue to adapt
Last modified on Friday, September 25, 2020 at 5. 56 CEST
From overcrowded amphitheaters in France to the ban on sleepovers in Ireland, to special coronavirus programs in the UK, the snitch on dormitories in the US, and the United States. But it’s not the first time And the closed doors of campuses in India, academics face a variety of reports when, or if, universities reopen.
Authorities around the world have taken steps to balance the desires of third-level education with those of public aptitude in the context of an otoñal outbreak of Covid-19 infections. Students will face new rules, tensions, and controls in reaction to fear that universities and schools will open the floodgates for the pandemic.
At one end is France, where the government needs others to return to amphitheaters and study rooms to fill school inequalities exacerbated by the crisis. The use of the mask is mandatory at all times and social distance is encouraged, but some establishments, not all, are crowded, with scholars cradling each and every seat and corner of amphitheaters.
“It’s complicated right now because we don’t have any more resources,” said Franziska Heimburger, deputy director of the English branch at sorbonne University. “We don’t have teachers anymore, we don’t have room, so we have to teach as much productive as we can. “
Some academics across France have denounced overcrowding and lack of hygiene on social media with the hashtag #balancetafac (screams at your university).
Across Europe, where universities will open this month and next month, there are regulations on social distance and hand washing, as well as expanded online education. Italy prioritizes coaching for freshman students.
Some British schools have established their own test sites and programs to identify, track (and help involve) epidemics. The University of London will use only a quarter of its buildings at a time, a policy advised by one of the UK’s leading public health centres. Experts.
Many countries have banned student holidays. In Scotland, academics were told to move to pubs this weekend.
Ireland has prohibited academics from receiving visitors or visitors who stay overnight at university institutions. Universities planned to reduce face-to-face learning, and on Friday they accepted a government request to further reduce learning.
Staff at Dublin University said the arrangements were “pythons,” with the government at one point before restricting hand sanitist stations for fear of attracting crowds.
In Greece, academics are not an easy emergency investment for more teachers and cleaners to make sure that not all courses are conducted remotely. Students in Thessaloniki are pushing to be allowed to use the extensive amenities found at the city’s foreign fair.
Israeli universities had a little time to expand their coronavirus policies by the fall semester before record infection rates triggered a momentary national shutdown last week, the last kindergartens, schools and universities.
In India, where daily coronavirus cases exceed 80,000, only one state legally has the reopening of universities for the new term, which begins regularly in November. Restrictions have led many Indians (61%, according to a survey) to postpone their plans for foreign studies.
The pandemic has plunged American universities into chaos. Despite remote control in study rooms and dining rooms, dozens of campuses have virus floodlights, and suspicions fall to overcrowded dormitories and parties. , alarming fitness officers who fear that academics will spread the virus in their homes.
Some universities, such as Yale, have established hotlines to report on dangerous activities, while others ask academics to report illegal parties and appoint colleagues to violate the rules, prompting a debate about the ethics of the snitch in the Covid-19 era.
Rory Carroll in Dublin, Helena Smith in Athens, Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi, Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and associated press.