The University of Sydney will suspend all face-to-face teaching from Monday and move fully online while Macquarie University has cancelled classes altogether
The University of Sydney's 10,000 staff members have been encouraged to work remotely to slow the spread of coronavirus, but the campus Wi-Fi network and facilities will remain open with enhanced cleaning protocols and social distancing measures.
Universities Australia deputy chief executive officer Anne-Marie Lansdown said 39 universities were providing online learning where possible amid the coronavirus pandemic. She said the challenge was increasing the amount of content that can be put online in a very short period of time. Hours later, Macquarie confirmed a student had tested positive for COVID-19 the day before, and that several locations on campus had been cleaned overnight.
"Many of the students are shocked that we could be left in the dark and that the university has not been able to make decisions for weeks about how to handle the virus situation," one student, who requested anonymity, said.the first hotspot for coronavirus community transmission in Sydney "We are currently working to finalise details around classes and, down the track, assessment... There will be some changes to the way that courses are delivered, including to involve more online activities as a replacement for classroom face-to-face discussions. Those are likely to evolve over the term," acting head of the law school Melanie Schwartz wrote to students on Monday.
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