Cambridge University moves all lectures online until 2021

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Cambridge University has announced the move of all “face-to-face lectures” online for the full 2020-21 academic session, according to the Guardian UK.  The university is the first to make such announcement. The institution has also added that it might likely continue with the policy of social distancing.

In a virtual meeting on Monday, Nicola Dandridge, chief executive at the OfS, said students should be told what kind of experience they would receive in advance of accepting offers.

The university said lectures would continue virtually until summer 2021, but noted that it was possible for smaller teaching groups to take place in person provided it “conforms to social-distancing requirements”.

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The university explained that it had constantly adapted to changing advice as it emerged during this pandemic. And since it was likely that social distancing would continue to be required, it decided to do away with face-to-face lectures during the next academic year.

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“Lectures will continue to be made available online and it may be possible to host smaller teaching groups in person, as long as this conforms to social-distancing requirements. This decision has been taken now to facilitate planning, but as ever, will be reviewed should there be changes to official advice on coronavirus,” a spokesperson was quoted by Guardian UK as saying.

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The university moved all its teaching online in March and exams have been carried out virtually.

The Office for Students (OfS), the higher education regulator, had earlier told universities not to promise students that everything would return to normal in the autumn term if this is not the case.

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