It’s not really fair to blame any students for these outbreaks. Universities did not need students to return in person to carry on education. Unlike schools, lectures can easily be delivered online. Lots of young people moving across the country from many different places was always going to cause an outbreak, parties or no parties. The universities and landlords are more to blame for being desperate for all their money:

 

And I can sympathise with these students. They’re just doing what students have always done and it’s not their fault that this is where they are in life at the time of this pandemic. Misguided, yes. A bit selfish, I suppose so. But I think we all need to get off our high horses because this never happened to us, we have no idea what we’d have done.

I don’t think people take into account that students have also often moved halfway across the country to a city they’ve perhaps never been in before and amongst people they didn’t know existed two weeks ago, surrounded by zero family or friends

 

like its a massive change and they’re being told to essentially stay in their flat with 5 complete strangers they didn’t exactly choose to live with

Don't you think children have missed more than enough school already?

 

 

Yes I do and Unis shouldn't have gone back yet as most lectures are online which they could have done at home.

Edited September 26, 20204 yr by Crazy Chris

It’s not really fair to blame any students for these outbreaks. Universities did not need students to return in person to carry on education. Unlike schools, lectures can easily be delivered online. Lots of young people moving across the country from many different places was always going to cause an outbreak, parties or no parties. The universities and landlords are more to blame for being desperate for all their money:

 

And I can sympathise with these students. They’re just doing what students have always done and it’s not their fault that this is where they are in life at the time of this pandemic. Misguided, yes. A bit selfish, I suppose so. But I think we all need to get off our high horses because this never happened to us, we have no idea what we’d have done.

 

Absolutely. Plus tbh they were encouraged to go so that their money can feed into the local economies and then they're stuck in accommodation that they're paying a fortune for whilst they sit in their room and look at online lectures that they could have done from home. I'd be pretty annoyed if I was in that position.

 

Yeah I would be pure raging. I really sympathise with the students. I get that the aim was to try and give them close to a normal campus experience as possible but really the halls should have stayed shut this year with online lectures (And reduced fees accordingly that is underpinned by the gov). Unpopular decision maybe but given the environment we are operating in, the safest.

I honestly don't have a clue what the government could do now. My biggest concern is that people just think this whole thing is a joke. That's all I see on facebook, which leads me to believe that quite a lot of people aren't following the new rules. I've also heard some people as they come into my work saying it's all a load of bull. I am a door Marshall quite a lot aside from the odd time when I'm in the iamspamspamamiand the amount of angry people that come in and start mouthing off at me because I have to tell them stuff is unreal. Still quite a few people coming in without masks as well 🤷🏻‍♂️

From The Independant:

 

Students in Scotland may have had their human rights breached by strict new coronavirus restrictions banning them from going home and to the pub, the leader of the Scottish Labour Party has said.

 

Richard Leonard called for the measures, which were announced by Holyrood this week, to be investigated by the Scottish Human Rights Commission.

 

In a letter to the body, he asked it to examine seven areas of concern, including ambiguity in enforcement, visits to hospitality, the suitability of student halls for self-isolation, and differences between rules for students and the rest of the public.

 

Mr Leonard also raised the ban on students socialising outside their household, the requirement to download the Test and Protect tracing app, and a lack of acknowledgement that some students are just 17 years old.

 

 

In asking the public to make further sacrifices, the Scottish government also has a reciprocal duty to do what it can to protect against the virus,” he wrote. “This means ensuring that the same mistakes made at the start of the pandemic are not repeated.

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Students should be raging. They’ve basically been conned into isolation. They didn’t have to attend uni in person and all of the UK governments should have foreseen this. That there’s talk of them not being allowed home for Christmas is absolutely disgusting.

Students should be raging. They’ve basically been conned into isolation. They didn’t have to attend uni in person and all of the UK governments should have foreseen this. That there’s talk of them not being allowed home for Christmas is absolutely disgusting.

 

 

Hundreds have gone home anyway despite being told they may lose their place. There was a mad rush of Scottish students booking trains home and many left Friday and yesterday with many more going today.

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News moves so fast that I blindly forgot these are the SAME students almost screwed over by the grading system! Really feel for what they’re being forced to go through.

Students should be raging. They’ve basically been conned into isolation. They didn’t have to attend uni in person and all of the UK governments should have foreseen this. That there’s talk of them not being allowed home for Christmas is absolutely disgusting.

 

This part is really important — landlords were prioritised, again. People can fool themselves into thinking universities and the government just wanted students to have as normal an experience as possible. They wanted students to spend money, pay their rent, and not be seen as charging 9k to study at home.

Panic buying really taking hold now as supermarket shelves are cleared of loo rolls, pasta, tinned tomatoes and baked beans and vegetables and hand sanitiser. Basically same as before. Stores are re-stocking all day, as fast as they can and not just at night time like before.

Panic buying really taking hold now as supermarket shelves are cleared of loo rolls, pasta, tinned tomatoes and baked beans and vegetables and hand sanitiser. Basically same as before. Stores are re-stocking all day, as fast as they can and not just at night time like before.

I’m surprised they’re not stockpiling on vitamin D as it boosts your immune system

I’m surprised they’re not stockpiling on vitamin D as it boosts your immune system

 

 

They probably are. I need multi-vitamins. I remember I couldn't get any last time, in March. Must look in Asda tomorrow.

 

Wife's been to Costco and it's so busy and they're limiting loo rolls to 2 big packs of 24 per person. Should be one really I reckon. No flour, yeast, canned soup or baked beans left at all. It's barmy.

Edited September 27, 20204 yr by Crazy Chris

I’m surprised they’re not stockpiling on vitamin D as it boosts your immune system

 

I's because people are sheep and also idiots. There is no need to panic buy.

Students virtually imprisoned in uni accomodation in Scotland with high security gates being erected now and police and security guards stopping them leaving. Tesco and Asda delivering food now, just seen on Sky News, as well as unsold sandwiches and wraps for them to eat tonight rather than waste them. Also takeaways. The ones who left early this weekend were lucky. One man turned up for his son and wasn't allowed to take him home or give him the food he'd brought or even see him. WTF. I'd be straight on to a solicitor if it was me. Unis aren't prisons and they've done nothing wrong.

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What’s the point in buying a load of loo roll?

What’s the point in buying a load of loo roll?

 

 

Well they think it'll be the first to run out and hard to wipe your bum on a leaf I suppose. :D

They probably are. I need multi-vitamins. I remember I couldn't get any last time, in March. Must look in Asda tomorrow.

 

Wife's been to Costco and it's so busy and they're limiting loo rolls to 2 big packs of 24 per person. Should be one really I reckon. No flour, yeast, canned soup or baked beans left at all. It's barmy.

The UK truly is somethinf else :lol:

There's literally nothinf of the sort around here and both the Netherlands and Belgium are doing worse :lol:

Students virtually imprisoned in uni accomodation in Scotland with high security gates being erected now and police and security guards stopping them leaving. Tesco and Asda delivering food now, just seen on Sky News, as well as unsold sandwiches and wraps for them to eat tonight rather than waste them. Also takeaways. The ones who left early this weekend were lucky. One man turned up for his son and wasn't allowed to take him home or give him the food he'd brought or even see him. WTF. I'd be straight on to a solicitor if it was me. Unis aren't prisons and they've done nothing wrong.

If this were to happen to me I would set everything on fire lmao. Unless there is a massive outbreak and quarantaine is needed to prevent it from spreading like an oil spill ofcourse. Human rights, what are those.