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Co Galway students who violate the Covid-19 guidelines are asked to write a 2000 word essay about their actions.
NUI Galway said it has imposed sanctions on several students who violated public health advice in recent weeks.
The university said some students were asked to write a “thoughtful essay” about the potential impact their actions could have on family, friends and society.
It is understood that the students in question should see the recent RTÉ Investiga documentary: Covid-19 The Third Wave, before putting pen on paper.
Last September, students were warned that they were facing possible expulsion if they were found to have violated the institute’s Code of Conduct.
That lists “any behavior that endangers the well-being of the individual or others … on or off the campus of the University.”
Sanctions range from a formal reprimand to permanent expulsion from the university and its facilities.
In recent weeks, there has been a significant increase in the number of Covid-19 cases among Galway students. The HSE said 427 people, ages 18 to 24, tested positive for the virus in the fortnight to last Saturday.
NUI Galway says that the vast majority of the nearly 19,000 students there have adhered to public health guidelines. It says no data is available on the number of people who were sanctioned or the extent of the violations.
The other third-tier facility in the city, the Mayo Galway Institute of Technology (GMIT), has imposed no penalties on any students to date for violations of public health guidelines.
Speaking on RTÉ’s News at One, HSE West’s Director of Public Health said that as of yesterday, 441 cases of Covid-19 were related to an outbreak in Galway City, which has affected 224 households to date.
Dr. Breda Smyth said that many students and young people have part-time jobs and urged those identified as a close contact or who know of a case on his social network to come forward for testing or restricting their movements until they are “absolutely sure.” . they do not have Covid 19.
He said that more than half of these cases are linked to multiple groups of households, which is mixed between households and the remaining cases are linked to groups of single households and individual cases.
Furthermore, former EU Minister and Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has been appointed the new chairperson of NUI’s governing body, Galway.
She was unanimously selected at the first formal meeting of the new Údarás na hOllscoile.
NUIG President Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh said that Dr. Geoghegan-Quinn’s experience and knowledge would be a great asset to the University for years to come.
She will serve a four-year term in office.
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