Covid in Scotland: University outbreaks were accident waiting to happen

19th October 2020

A BBC Scotland programme tonight at 7.40pm on how students were taken back to full halls and no testing.

Some of Scotland's biggest universities did not reduce the capacity of their student halls despite the need for physical distancing, the BBC has found.

A Disclosure investigation found many student halls were 100% full despite the risks of spreading Covid.

It also found that guidance on offering remote teaching was changed at the last minute, pressuring students to attend.

Prof Stephen Reicher, who advises both UK and Scottish governments, said it was an "accident waiting to happen".

He said the risks were "pretty clear" and that he and others spoke publicly about the need for widespread Covid testing when students returned but this was never done.

Read the full article HERE

Disclosure: Covid on campus is on BBC One Scotland on Monday 19 October at 19.40 and on the iplayer - See

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000nrnt