A second wave of coronavirus could flourish if around one million students from across the country head to universities next month, a leading education union has warned.
The University and College Union (UCU) says the government is “encouraging a public health crisis” by allowing hundreds of thousands of students to travel hundreds of miles to study on campus.
The union has concerns campuses could become breeding grounds for Covid-19, with a mass movement of students potentially bringing the virus to environments where social distancing may be more difficult.
UCU General Secretary Jo Grady told ITV News the mass movement could result in universities becoming “transmission hot-spots of Covid-19”.
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