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“#Virus clusters at French universities give Europe a lesson<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n PARIS \u2014 Can mandatory masks offer enough protection in lecture halls so packed that late arrivals have to sit on the floor?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what worries many students at the centuries-old Sorbonne University in Paris as the coronavirus is on the rebound across France.<\/p>\n

At least a dozen COVID-19 clusters have emerged since French campuses and classrooms opened this month. The clutches of cases are a warning sign for countries elsewhere in Europe, where most universities are readying to resume teaching and research in coming weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe go back to university in conditions that are a bit extreme, and we fear we might get COVID-19,\u201d Elise Gilbert, 20, who is studying literature at the Sorbonne, said of the overcrowding students encountered.<\/p>\n

France\u2019s experience so far stands in contrast to what\u2019s happ<\/a>ening in Britain, where virus-driven changes on campuses mean university life will look a lot different this term. Germany and Italy are also adapting their delivery of higher education in response to the pandemic.<\/p>\n

The French government was determined to get people back to classrooms to bridge education inequities that the pandemic has exacerbated. The government also urged workers to return to offices and job sites to resuscitate the economy and to \u201clearn to live with the virus.\u201d<\/p>\n

At universities, the main change this year is mandatory mask-wearing at all times. But keeping physical distances appears impossible in many places.<\/p>\n

Some students are raising their grievances on Twitter<\/a>, using the hashtag #Balancetafac (\u201cSqueal on your uni\u201d) to share pictures of packed classrooms and corridors.<\/p>\n

They describe situations where there\u2019s no soap to wash their hands and where rooms, sometimes with no windows to provide fresh air, are not being disinfected between lectures.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are doing our best to respect social distancing, but sometimes we can\u2019t,\u201d Corentin Renoult, a 20-year-old Sorbonne journalism student, said.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the Sorbonne is maintaining in-person classes for the time being.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s quite hard at the moment because we haven\u2019t got any extra means,\u201d Franziska Heimburger, assistant director of the university\u2019s English department, said. \u201d.We don\u2019t have any more teachers, we don\u2019t have any more space, so we basically have to teach as best we can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heimburger said instructors won\u2019t penalize students for pandemic-related absences. \u201cI\u2019ve had students who live with their grandparents and they are worried of taking (the virus) back home with them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Many students also expressed anger when French authorities appeared to blame the country\u2019s recent virus outbreaks mostly on students attending parties.<\/p>\n

One factor in the overcrowding is more students are attending French universities. The number of students enrolled jumped by 270,000 to 2.8 million after the exam which allows high school students access to universities was canceled due to the pandemic. Students were instead granted access based on school grades, and many more qualified than usual.<\/p>\n

The safety precautions differ broadly among schools. Some have strict public health measures in place, with small class size limits and a mix of in-person and online classes.<\/p>\n

But others have had to temporarily shut down after dozens of students tested positive in multiple sites, from engineering to medical and business schools. They moved teaching online, as when the country was locked down at the height of its epidemic which has killed some 31,000 people in France.<\/p>\n

In the UK, most universities do not begin their fall terms until late September or early October, and are readying big changes.<\/p>\n

At the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where the fall semester began Monday, many classes are being taught online \u2014 other than laboratory sessions or other practical instruction where hands-on learning is essential. Student societies are barred from meeting in person, and many students arriving from overseas will have to quarantine for two weeks in line with government protocols.<\/p>\n

At University College London, only a quarter of the buildings will be occupied at one time. Teaching spaces will incorporate social distancing and everyone must wear face-masks. The university created an app for students to alert authorities if they have symptoms and plans to test up to 1,000 students and staff a day to keep the campus safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got a public health expert team that are advising me when it\u2019s appropriate to extend testing beyond those that are immediately symptomatic,\u2033 Michael Arthur, the president and provost at UCL. \u201cSo I think we\u2019re reasonably confident if we do have an outbreak \u2014 and I\u2019m sure we will have, we\u2019re just playing with statistics \u2014 that we can move in and contain it very rapidly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Student housing has been adapted to allow those who test positive to self-isolate.<\/p>\n

In Germany, most universities won\u2019t start lectures before next month, and they have introduced numerous rules to ensure distancing, increased hygiene and bans on students\u2019 parties. They are also expanding online teaching.<\/p>\n

Student associations in the Dutch university city of Delft sent a letter this week calling on students to \u201ctake responsibility\u201d for reining in infections that are spreading quickly, particularly in student housing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe initiative is with students to prevent a local lockdown,\u201d the associations said. \u201cIt\u2019s not too late, but time is pressing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many Italian universities are reopening with distance learning this fall. Priority for physical classrooms was being given to first-year students, to aid their transition.<\/p>\n

In the United States, dozens of universities have emerged as virus hot spots. Although students are being spaced apart in classrooms and dining halls, the virus has continued to spread in cramped dorm halls and through off-campus parties that have been blamed for thousands of cases.<\/p>\n

The surge has prompted some universities to send students home and cancel in-person instruction for the rest of the term. U.S. officials are urging against that approach, saying it could spark outbreaks elsewhere. Instead, universities are being urged to keep students where they are and temporarily move classes online.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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