Covid vaccine will not be compulsory for uni lectures
Ministers are no longer considering making it compulsory for university students to be fully vaccinated against Covid to attend lectures in England, the BBC has been told.
The idea of making vaccines compulsory for university students - either to attend lectures or to live in halls of residence - was not ruled out by either education minister Vicky Ford or Downing Street when asked about it earlier this week. The governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are in charge of their own coronavirus rules and education policy.The University and College Union previously said this would be wrong and "hugely discriminatory against those who are unable to be vaccinated" as well as for international students.
The Russell Group - made up of the UK's top universities - has offered its own spaces and facilities to be used as pop-up centres. However, 32% of 18 to 29-year-olds in England had not had their first dose by 25 July, according to the latest data from NHS England. Meanwhile, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission has warned companies that rules requiring staff to be fully vaccinated must not be disproportionate and discriminatory.
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