Most leading Russell Group universities will continue to hold lectures online when the university year starts this autumn, and students at some will be told they must still wear face masks and follow social distancing.
The University of Sussex is boosting its attempts to increase vaccine take-up among its students by offering £5,000 prizes to those who can prove they have had two 'jabs'.
If you don’t get vaccinated against Covid, you won’t be able to enjoy your life, young people are told in the latest Government ad campaign which nods to the introduction of vaccine passports later this year.
The NHS is looking to redistribute Covid vaccine doses, as slowing take-up rates among young Brits means up to 170,000 Moderna doses are at risk of reaching their expiry dates.
Andrew Bridgen MP has criticised the Government for "trying to aggressively coerce young people" into getting 'jabbed' with threats of vaccine passports, but says the plans would not pass through the House of Commons.
Plans for unvaccinated university students to be barred from attending lectures and from living in halls have been dropped, according to reports, despite Dominic Raab saying no decision would be made until September.
Spectators at music festivals and circuses are being encouraged to get vaccinated against Covid at pop-up clinics, with some offering free food to those who get 'jabbed', in an attempt to boost take-up in young Brits.
The campaign to "cajole" young people into getting vaccinated against Covid has continued today, with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warning that "if they want to travel internationally again", they must get 'jabbed'.
The Prime Minister is "raging" about the lower Covid vaccine uptake among young people, and a minister has confirmed the Government is not ruling out barring unvaccinated university students from lectures and halls.
The NHS estimates 66% of people aged 18-29 in England have received a vaccine. But PHE says the same figure is 59%. This is a difference of over 600,000 people. Don't they know?
