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News Reports, 22 October 2020.

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Universities newly added.

16 October 2020: Trinity St David:  “Trinity St David reported cases in 10 students and four staff.” BBC.

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21 October 2020: Hertfordshire: 7 new student cases, bringing the total since 28 September to 46 (45 students, 1 staff). Source: Internal communication.

22 October 2020: Kingston University: “Staff at Kingston University (KU) have criticised the university’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying that current instructions for some staff members put teachers and students at risk.” University states “Up-to-date statistical information about any live Covid-19 cases for staff and students will soon be made available on the University’s website as part of our commitment to keeping our community informed around our response to the pandemic.” Surrey Comet.

22 October 2020: Robert Gordon University: “An ongoing multi-agency investigation has confirmed that there has been a total of 63 cases of Covid-19 identified within Robert Gordon University’s student population. “This figure includes those living in various locations – including university halls of residents, private flats and private halls elsewhere.” BBC.

University Trackers

22 October 2020: Bristol University have a cumulative total of 1089 students and 22 staff testing positive. Archived. Bristol Post report.

21 October 2020: St Marys University, Twickenham, start releasing figures. For the week ending 13 October, 6 students and 1 staff member tested positive; for the week ending 20 October, 5 students. In total, 11 students and 1 staff member, 7 October to 20 October, plus the undisclosed students and staff prior to that.

22 October 2020: University of the West of England: 117 positive cases in the last seven days. 41 on the 20 October, 27 on the 21 October.

Current totals:

116 Universities have reported coronavirus cases.
93 in England.
1 in Northern Ireland.
14 in Scotland.
8 in Wales.

As at 6pm 22 October 2020, our data puts the number of confirmed cases for students at 25,530, for staff 523, in total 26,053.

As at 6pm 22 October 2020, the UCU dashboard reported 26,036 confirmed covid cases at  U.K. universities.

News Reports, 7 October 2020.

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7 October 2020: “The University of Bradford has reported 26 confirmed cases of coronavirus among students and members of staff. As of October 6, the University said 23 students and three members of staff have tested positive.” Telegraph & Argus.

6 October 2020: Cardiff University: More than 100 Cardiff University students are self-isolating after 19 tested positive for coronavirus. A Cardiff University spokesman warned the number of positive cases is “likely to be higher”. The university said: “We currently have 132 students who are self-isolating, amongst a total student population of some 30,000.” Wales Online.

6 October 2020: Cardiff: Complaints of heavy handed, door-to-door, policing in the Cathays area of Cardiff, where many students live. The Tab.

7 October 2020: Cardiff University start publishing details of covid cases, but  only new cases from 6 October. So far, for 6 & & October, there have been 14 new student cases, and one staff.

Other News Reports.

6 October 2020: Aberystwyth University: ” CEREDIGION’S spike in Covid-19 cases is linked to the student population and “has not spread into the community.” County council leader Cllr Ellen ap Gwynn said on Tuesday (October 6) that there had been 130 cases throughout the pandemic in Ceredigion with more test results awaited in the Aberystwyth area “as a result of the students that have been enjoying themselves on the beach.” Tivy Side Advertiser. BBC.

6 October 2020: “University of Bath confirms at least 31 students with Covid.” Somerset Live.

6 October 2020: University of Bath release numbers of cases for the last 7 days: Currently 48. Note that this is for seven days, it is not a cumulative total, and the Bath tracker seemingly removes older data.

7 October 2020: Birmingham City University: “Birmingham City University said that 130 students and staff members have tested positive for the virus between September 14 and October 5.” Birmingham Live.

7 October 2020: University of Birmingham start publishing statistics. From 30 September to 6 October, there have been 307 students and 8 staff members testing positive for Covid. Birmingham.

6 October 2020: “University of Brighton confirms first coronavirus cases. The university confirmed that 18 students had tested positive for Covid-19.” The Argus.

7 October 2020: University of Bristol start releasing numbers. As of 7 October, there 119 students and 2 staff confirmed with covid. [Note: corrected from erroneous 199.]

7 October 2020: Brunel University start releasing statistics. As of 6 October, there were 13 student and 3 staff cases.

7 October 2020: Cambridge: “11 University of Cambridge students infected with Covid-19.” Cambridge News.

6 October 2020: De Montfort University, Leicester: “The university has released a statement saying nine members of staff and 11 students have now tested positive for Covid-19.” Leicestershire Live.

6 October 2020: University of East Anglia: “University of East Anglia is slammed for ‘exploiting’ students forced to self-isolate by charging them £252 for a two-week food package – which includes only ONE hot meal a day.” Daily Mail. Note: This confirms that UEA have students self-isolating, although the last figures were of just 2 students testing positive, from 29 September.

6 October 2020: University of East Anglia: “As of 9am this morning, there were 35 people confirmed with the virus (nine people off campus and 26 people on campus.” Source: internal communication.

7 October 2020: University of Edinburgh release their latest figures: “We have a total of 321 live cases reported to us as of today amongst our students and staff.”

7 October 2020: Exeter University: “The Tab Exeter asked students in a poll on Instagram if they had tested positive for Covid-19, in which 12% voted for “Yes” with over 300 votes, whilst the other 88% which accounted for 2,296 students voted for “No.”” The Tab.

7 October 2020: University of Hertfordshire report two new ‘on-campus’ student cases. Source: internal communication.

7 October 2020: University of Hull: “Over the last reporting period (Monday 28 September to Sunday 4 October), we have had 5 isolated cases amongst our Hull based student community, bringing the total since mid-September, when students started their return to campus, to 7.” Source: Internal communication.

7 October 2020: Leeds start their covid tracker. Confirmed coronavirus cases for the seven days from Monday 28 September: 558. Leeds.

5 October 2020: Loughborough University start releasing counts of cases every Tuesday and Friday. As of 5 October, they had 26 cases.

7 October 2020: Manchester Metropolitan: “More than 500 staff and students at Manchester Metropolitan University have tested positive for Covid-19 – there could be even more The latest figures do not include the results of a mass testing pilot launched at two MMU halls of residence last week.” Manchester Evening News.

7 October 2020: Newcastle University state “We reported to you last week that in the previous seven days we had 94 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 among students. This has risen significantly since then.” No further figures given. Source: internal communication.

7 October 2020: Newcastle University move most classes online.

6 October 2020: Northumbria University: “Union demands Northumbria University boss’ resignation after 770 coronavirus cases.” Chronicle.

6 October 2020: Northumbria University announce that they will start to release numbers of covid cases every Thursday. Northumbria U.

6 October 2020: Royal Holloway release their latest figures: positive tests for 1 staff member and 15 students.

6 October 2020: Sheffield University: “Over 100 Sheffield University students test positive for coronavirus in a DAY as cases pass 500.” The Star.

6 October 2020: Sheffield University suspend face to face teaching. “The university has now recorded 589 cases in total since 28 September, comprising 583 students and six staff.” BBC.

6 October 2020: “The neighbouring Sheffield Hallam University said it had recorded 373 cases in the last two weeks. It is also taking action over the next two weeks by increasing online teaching, but is keeping some teaching going on the campus.” BBC.

6 October 2020: St Marys, Twickenham. ” A London uni only told students about campus Covid cases a day after it told staff. Students had to wait a full working day to find out the news.” The Tab.

7 October 2020: University of Strathclyde: “83 cases at Strathclyde. Don’t know if that is just official Halls, or whether that includes students in private rentals and private halls.” Strathclyde UCU on twitter.

7 October 2020: “111 coronavirus cases at University of Sunderland with outbreaks mainly clustered around student accommodation A further 17 students or staff at the University of Sunderland have tested positive for coronavirus.” Sunderland Echo.

6 October 2020: UCL: “Over the weekend, staff at John Adams, St. Pancras Way, Langton Close and Connaught halls of residence have reported cases of Covid-19 among students. Although University College London (UCL) has not confirmed the figure or the alleged locations of the outbreaks, an official spokesperson said that “a very small number of students have reported that they have tested positive for Covid-19 in unconnected cases in UCL managed halls”. UCL Pi.

6 October 2020: Two students test positive for Covid-19 at Winchester University. Hampshire Chronicle.

6 October 2020: University of York: “As of 4.10pm, Tuesday 6 October, we are aware of 113 individuals within our University community who are currently self-isolating because they have had a positive COVID-19 test. Since our previous update at 4.30pm on Monday 5 October we have been notified of 39 new cases, which are included in the total figure above.” U York.

Current tally:

92 Universities have reported coronavirus cases.
71 in England.
1 in Northern Ireland.
13 in Scotland.
7 in Wales.

News Reports, 6 October 2020.

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5 October 2020: Aberdeen University: “Coronavirus increase among students as 122 cases confirmed at Aberdeen University.” Press and Journal.

6 October 2020: Anglia Ruskin announce two cases on their Essex campus.

5 October 2020: University of Bath start releasing statistics, confirming 31 student cases. University of Bath.

5 October 2020: “Last night sources from UoB confirmed to The Sun of almost 300 students and staff having tested positive for the virus at the University of Birmingham.” Also notable: “The University of Birmingham previously told The Birmingham Tab that the full data from the university will be published early this week.” The Tab.

6 October 2020: University of Bristol: “Last week, the University of Bristol confirmed multiple coronavirus cases among its student population. It said “a very small number of students” have tested positive for covid-19, but did not release an exact number. This came after a University of Bristol student in self-isolation contacted BristolLive and claimed there were 140 students in self-isolation across the University.” Bristol Post.

5 October 2020: Brunel University: Currently 8 confirmed cases on campus, 3 off campus. Source: Internal communication.

6 October 2020: Latest figures from the University of Edinburgh: “We have a total of 312 live cases reported to us as of today amongst our students and staff.”

5 October 2020: Exeter University: “Nearly 300 cases have been confirmed in the last three days in Exeter – most linked to the University – as clusters grow.” Exeter are not providing numbers of confirmed cases amongst their population, but this article analyses the public PHE data, which includes 127 cases in the Pennsylvania & University area. Devon Live.

6 October 2020: Goldsmiths University: “Goldsmiths is the latest university to experience a coronavirus outbreak, with around 15 people among staff and students testing positive.” News Shopper.

5 October 2020: University of Leeds: Leeds education boss calls for Boris Johnson to let university students study from home “We need the Government to realise what effect this failure is having on the mental health of students everywhere.” Leeds Live.

5 October 2020: University of Liverpool start releasing (old) data. For the 15 days 14 September to 28 September, they have had 16 staff with positive tests, and 161 students. University of Liverpool.

6 October 2020: London School of Economics: “11 cases (10 students, 1 staff member): 6 from LSE testing, and 5 from NHS testing. 353 students are self-isolating, 33 members of staff are self-isolating.” LSE.

5 October 2020. London South Bank University: “We’ve had 9 confirmed cases in total over the past 4 weeks, comprising 5 students, 3 staff members, and one contractor.” Source: internal communication.

5 October 2020: “As of 8 o’clock this morning there were four confirmed cases of Covid-19 in our halls of residence.” Loughborough University.

5 October 2020: University of Manchester. “More than 380 students and staff at the University of Manchester have now tested positive for coronavirus.” Manchester Evening News. Latest figures, going up to 2 October,  published by the University show 824 students and 18 staff are covid positive. Update: figures going up to 4 October show 1,041 students and 20 staff positive.

6 October 2020: University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University abandoning face to face teaching, and going all online. Manchester Evening News. MancUnion.

30 September 2020: Oxford Brookes: Currently 88 cases, all students. Source: Internal communication.

6 October 2020: “The University of Oxford has defended its decision to hold an event at a city theatre tonight despite the county being on ‘red alert’ for the coronavirus.” Oxford Mail.

6 October 2020: Queen’s, Belfast: “As of 2 October, figures obtained by BBC News NI show that 388 students and staff have been asked to self-isolate. By the same date, the university had been notified of 166 positive cases during the first two weeks of term.” BBC.

6 October 2020: The University of Reading start a case tracker. Current figures for 6 October are 8 newly reported cases, and 10 for the week beginning October 5th.

5 October 2020: St Marys, Twickenham: “A statement released by the university today (October 5) said: “We can confirm that a small number of non-teaching staff have tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19).” Richmond & Twickenham Times.

5 October 2020: Latest figures from the University of Sheffield total 6 staff and 583 students.

5 October 2020: University of Southampton: “There are now 12 coronavirus cases amongst University of Southampton students. A University spokesperson has confirmed to the Soton Tab: “The University has 12 known active cases of COVID-19 among its students and two cases among staff. All are self-isolating, along with any close contacts, in line with government guidance”. The Tab. Daily Echo.

5 October 2020: University of Sussex‘s latest figures as of 4 October: 18 students cases.

6 October 2020: UCL: “Just over a week after the start of the academic year, there have been Covid-19 cases confirmed in three separate UCL accommodations: John Adams, St Pancras Way and Langton Close.” The Tab.

6 October 2020: University of Westminster: “we have recorded a small number of positive cases of COVID-19. These have been reported in our Harrow Campus residences (7 cases) and at Raffles House in Wembley – managed by accommodation provider, iQ – 16 positive cases.” Source: Internal communication.

5 October 2020: University of Winchester: two positive Covid cases linked to the university. Source: internal communication.

5 October 2020: University of York: “72 Covid cases confirmed at University of York.” York Press.

5 October 2020: York St Johns: A spokesperson for the university said: “As of Friday, October 2, there are currently fewer than 25 staff and students self-isolating following a positive Covid-19 test.” York Press.

6 October 2020: York St Johns said 46 “members of our university community” were self-isolating yesterday after testing positive for coronavirus.” York Press.

Current tally:

90 Universities have reported coronavirus cases.
70 in England.
1 in Northern Ireland.
13 in Scotland.
6 in Wales.

News Reports, 5 October 2020.

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1 October 2020: Goldsmiths University: “We are able to confirm that there are fewer than five cases.” Source: Internal email.

4 October 2020: St Mary’s University, Twickenham: “We are liaising with a small number of team members in Sport St. Mary’s and SMSU who have tested positive for Covid-19.” Source: Internal communication.

5 October 2020: Queen Mary University, London, start releasing data: “We currently have 55 active cases of Covid-19 among students, and 0 among staff.” QMUL. Archived.

5 October 2020: University of East London: “This morning, Public Health England has confirmed two positive cases of Covid-19 within the University community in two separate Halls of Residence buildings.” Source: Internal communication.

4 October 2020: King’s College London: “We can confirm that we have been notified of four individuals within our community who have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), while attending a King’s College London Student Union (KCLSU) organised event in a KCLSU venue.” KCL.

5 October 2020: Kingston University state “a small number (less than 10) of positive cases of Covid-19 have been reported amongst our staff and students over the past week.” Source: internal communication.

5 October 2020: University of Greenwich: Week commencing 28 Sept: total Covid cases = 18 students and 2 staff. Greenwich UCU on Twitter.

5 October 2020: University of Roehampton. “We can confirm that one of our students tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday evening (2 October 2020).” Source: internal communication.

3 October 2020: Northumbria University have issued a clarification on their figures: “Northumbria University want to clarify the recorded figure of 770 published yesterday is the cumulative number of students who have reported testing positive since they started to return to University for the start of term in mid-September. Those affected live in different student and non-student accommodation and have been advised to self-isolate in line with national guidance to try and limit further spread of the virus. The new self-reported cases on 2nd October were 78, which is the lowest daily figure for 5 days and whilst this is encouraging, we remain vigilant to further cases in our university community.” Northumbria University. Archive.

3 October 2020: Durham Van Mildert College: “one member of our Van Mildert College Freshers’ Representatives team has today tested positive for COVID-19.” Source: Internal email.

5 October 2020: Durham University begin publishing statistics. As of 4 October, they had 76 students and 3 staff test positive.

4 October 2020: Loughborough University: “Around 20 students at Loughborough University are self-isolating after two cases of coronavirus were confirmed. The university has said the two infected students live in separate households on campus.” Leicester Mercury.

5 October 2020: Sheffield Hallam start publishing numbers: as at 4 October they stood at 369 students and 4 staff with confirmed positive tests. Sheffield Hallam.

5 October 2020: “And last night sources at the University of Birmingham confirmed to The Sun almost 300 students and staff had tested positive for the virus.” The Scottish Sun.

4 October 2020: University of Edinburgh: “We have a total of 244 live cases reported to us as of today amongst our students and staff.” University of Edinburgh. Archived.

5 October 2020: Around 70 cases at University of Exeter. The Scottish Sun.

4 October 2020: University of Manchester: “More than 380 students and staff at the University of Manchester have now tested positive for coronavirus.” Manchester Evening News. University of Manchester stats.

5 October 2020: University of Nottingham start releasing data. Active confirmed cases week ending 2 October 2020: 425 students, 8 staff. University of Nottingham.

5 October 2020: University of Sheffield release their latest statistics: 474 cases amongst students, 5 amongst staff.

5 October 2020: University of Warwick announce “26 [people] have tested positive for Covid-19. Warwick. The Boar.

2 October 2020: University of York: “As of 4.30pm, Friday 2 October, we are aware of 28 individuals within our University community who are currently self-isolating because they have had a positive COVID-19 test. Since 11.00am on Thursday, we have been notified of 8 new cases.” University of York. Archived.

Current tally:

84 Universities have reported coronavirus cases.
64 in England.
1 in Northern Ireland.
13 in Scotland.
6 in Wales.