Students might have to stay in 'protective bubble' - Thoughts?
BBC News - Coronavirus: Students might have to stay in 'protective bubble'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-52897727
I was wondering what other people thought about this and how this affects whether or not you'll go to university next year. Would that be better or worse than you were hoping for? I'm really considering deferring at this point but I keep being told to wait before rushing into a decision but at some point surely I need to make up my mind one way or the other.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-52897727
I was wondering what other people thought about this and how this affects whether or not you'll go to university next year. Would that be better or worse than you were hoping for? I'm really considering deferring at this point but I keep being told to wait before rushing into a decision but at some point surely I need to make up my mind one way or the other.
Original post by Anonymous
BBC News - Coronavirus: Students might have to stay in 'protective bubble'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-52897727
I was wondering what other people thought about this and how this affects whether or not you'll go to university next year. Would that be better or worse than you were hoping for? I'm really considering deferring at this point but I keep being told to wait before rushing into a decision but at some point surely I need to make up my mind one way or the other.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-52897727
I was wondering what other people thought about this and how this affects whether or not you'll go to university next year. Would that be better or worse than you were hoping for? I'm really considering deferring at this point but I keep being told to wait before rushing into a decision but at some point surely I need to make up my mind one way or the other.
I'm unsure how they will enforce these 'protective bubbles'. Surely it would mean students from the same 'bubble' would need to live together? It may be possible for new students living in university accommodation but 2nd and 3rd years usually live in houses or other forms of private accommodation. I'll be living in private halls next year with friends who are all on different courses.
Honestly, if I were starting uni this year and wanted the full university experience (going out, socialising etc) I'd defer until next year. There's too much uncertainty about what is happening.
My first thought was regarding two groups
- those freshers who don't live in halls (for reasons of personal preference / caring responsibilities meaning that they have to commute / not actually qualifying for university accommodation because their home address is too close etc)
- everyone not in first year and therefore unlikely to be in university accommodation (second year accommodation groups coming together through many routes, not just meeting people on one's own course).
Out on the real world, so to speak, shops don't insist that all those shopping at the same time are only from a group living together and so on. Even where all students live in halls, what happens where all but one person taking a particular module have applied for and can afford an expensive hall of residence and the last cannot afford to live with them? Does that person get allocated the same accommodation but e.g. with the difference made up with a bursary? What about the many more hours in the week when the students are not attending teaching sessions - will the universities insist on restrictions on the students' personal freedom in excess of the current government rules?
I'm not saying that I can't see why the 'bubble' idea might have been put forward, just that at first glance, there seem to be quite a few practical problems attached.
The decision as to whether to ask to defer is yours, of course, but the decision as to whether you will be allowed to rests with the university.
- those freshers who don't live in halls (for reasons of personal preference / caring responsibilities meaning that they have to commute / not actually qualifying for university accommodation because their home address is too close etc)
- everyone not in first year and therefore unlikely to be in university accommodation (second year accommodation groups coming together through many routes, not just meeting people on one's own course).
Out on the real world, so to speak, shops don't insist that all those shopping at the same time are only from a group living together and so on. Even where all students live in halls, what happens where all but one person taking a particular module have applied for and can afford an expensive hall of residence and the last cannot afford to live with them? Does that person get allocated the same accommodation but e.g. with the difference made up with a bursary? What about the many more hours in the week when the students are not attending teaching sessions - will the universities insist on restrictions on the students' personal freedom in excess of the current government rules?
I'm not saying that I can't see why the 'bubble' idea might have been put forward, just that at first glance, there seem to be quite a few practical problems attached.
The decision as to whether to ask to defer is yours, of course, but the decision as to whether you will be allowed to rests with the university.
For subjects where you cannot have all teaching virtually, it probably makes sense. Though what is needed is access to testing, a policy has to who gets tested, and results within 24 hours. You will be unaware if anyone else in your group/bubble has an underlying health condition.
A common policy across all universities and an early decision would help. The test results is not the university's remit, but the government's.
A common policy across all universities and an early decision would help. The test results is not the university's remit, but the government's.
Original post by Anonymous
BBC News - Coronavirus: Students might have to stay in 'protective bubble'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-52897727
I was wondering what other people thought about this and how this affects whether or not you'll go to university next year. Would that be better or worse than you were hoping for? I'm really considering deferring at this point but I keep being told to wait before rushing into a decision but at some point surely I need to make up my mind one way or the other.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-52897727
I was wondering what other people thought about this and how this affects whether or not you'll go to university next year. Would that be better or worse than you were hoping for? I'm really considering deferring at this point but I keep being told to wait before rushing into a decision but at some point surely I need to make up my mind one way or the other.
Current employer's guidance tells you to try and do the same for employees. It's a sensible idea, it's a good thing to put it on the risk assessment as an organisation and investigate what adjustments you can make to enable it. Unis are currently at this stage.
Practically though it's almost impossible with a normal workforce when you get to the detail. You end up with a lot of exceptions to accommodate the specific team and its individuals. Can't see that being any different with students.
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