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Now that Williamson has made very clear that universities are on their own, it& #39;s time for universities to buckle up and try to get through the crisis without government help. No help will be forthcoming. Points for unis to consider: /THREAD
*How many infections mean Tier Two and Tier Three reductions of face to face teaching?
*What are the size of the clusters or groups of students they are isolating?
*How can they scale up physical and mental health support for those locked down, potentially multiple times?
*What are the size of the clusters or groups of students they are isolating?
*How can they scale up physical and mental health support for those locked down, potentially multiple times?
*How can they provide the most and best testing quickly?
*To what extent can they offer mass asymptomatic testing? Only the richest are doing this now.
*How can they support lecturers& #39; own mental health?
*How best can they create a sense of online community?
*To what extent can they offer mass asymptomatic testing? Only the richest are doing this now.
*How can they support lecturers& #39; own mental health?
*How best can they create a sense of online community?
*Christmas. When do they have to take all teaching online to give families a 14 day buffer before young people come home?
*January. Do they push back starts?
*September 2021. They need to start planning *now*, together, for AY 2021/22.
*January. Do they push back starts?
*September 2021. They need to start planning *now*, together, for AY 2021/22.
*Their own experts. Where is the economic and social planning, the use of labs, the use of R&D? Lots of stuff going on, but not concerted.
*Shared dwellings. To what extent can they disentangle their students& #39; housing from those of other unis?
*Shared dwellings. To what extent can they disentangle their students& #39; housing from those of other unis?
*Data and information. Where are the US-style data dashboards? Local communities have a right to see the numbers.
*On-campus priorities. Okay, this has gone wrong. But who should *definitely* come back onto campus in January and Sept 2021?
*On-campus priorities. Okay, this has gone wrong. But who should *definitely* come back onto campus in January and Sept 2021?
Basically, this debacle cannot be allowed to happen again. Planning must start right now, and the sector must do it in-house. The DfE are a chocolate teapot and the SoS is a fantasist. Ignore them and do the work. /END
