This week, residents of Coventry were shocked to find videos surfacing on the internet of a huge illegal gathering which took place in a student accommodation. The videos were uploaded to social media around 3am on the 29th of September. The current social distancing guidelines state that you must not gather in groups larger than six and people who breach this rule could face a ten grand fine.
Students are receiving the majority of their education virtually this year, with drastically less face to face learning in an attempt to lessen the spread of Covid-19. Any on-campus learning has to be done whilst wearing a face masks to ensure the university stays at clean as possible. These measure are put in place to help ensure the safety of students on campus, but off campus the health of students cannot be monitored when groups of this size are congregating with no signs of PPE being worn.
I reached out to Coventry University third year student Rob Latimer to ask for his feelings towards students meeting in the masses to party, whilst he is having to work from home. This was his response- “I believe it’s a total lack of empathy and respect for fellow students. The limited contact hours we get at the moment shouldn’t be jeopardised by the selfish acts of those wanting to party. More than likely, this is merely one of many and really makes you wonder whether the University is in fact sterile and safe to use, when students show a total disregard for the safety of their peers.”
There is currently an investigation into whether the gathering had been pre-planned.
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