 |
 |
Good to hear someone (Tom?) discussing the ethics of sending potential carriers to take the virus somewhere else. The programme manager of our hydrogeology MSc has just cancelled all the student work in Malawi because he was concerned for their welfare in the event of an outbreak given the parlous state of the Malawian healthcare system. From my perspective though it was just as likely that the risk was to Malawi’s healthcare system FROM our students rather than the other way around. I have also been concerned about staff and students who may be, or may have friends and family who are, immune-compromised. One of your students may have a condition you are not aware of or caring responsibilities for someone who is at risk. My view is that informed choice is important, and that if a student or staff member decides they would prefer not to travel for their own or a family member’s safety, we should respect that and offer an alternative. Zoe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Professor Zoe Shipton, FRSE Professor of Geological Engineering Head of Department Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Strathclyde Room 5.05c, James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow, G11XJ 0141 548 3183 From: Tectonics & structural geology discussion list <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Pietro Sternai <[log in to unmask]> Reply to: Tectonics & structural geology discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Date: Saturday, 7 March 2020 at 11:02 To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Corona ? Hi all, All sorts of teaching and exams are done remotely in Milano. Any activity involving more than a bunch of people gathering in the same room is postponed/cancelled. This has been the case for the last few weeks. Our governance reacted very fast to the emergency and instructed students and staff about the new procedures. Best wishes, Pietro Il Sab 7 Mar 2020, 11:10 Howell, John <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> ha scritto: Aberdeen not pulled anything yet, monitoring the situation and we have been told to prepare alternatives for what will happen if things worsen. Given overseas travel will be cancelled first we are considering UK alternatives, but there is also a chance that will not be possible either. We probably have enough virtual outcrops to prepare classroom versions of all our exercises. Reminiscent of Foot and Mouth in 2001 John Sent from my iPhone On 7 Mar 2020, at 09:49, cpasschi <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Nothing is cancelled or changed here in Mainz as yet: our lectures are planned to start mid-April, with fieldwork plnned during the summer and fall. We have no fieldwork in the winter break which is going on now. Cees On 7. Mar 2020, at 09:42, Geoff Alsop <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hi geo’s I was wondering what everyone is doing wrt school and university geology fieldtrips with the virus issues? Are they getting cancelled ? Rescheduled ? G ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the GEO-TECTONICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=GEO-TECTONICS&A=1 Prof. Dr. Cees W. Passchier Professor Emeritus in Tectonophysics and Structural Geology Department of Earth Sciences Johannes Gutenberg Universität Becherweg 21 55128 Mainz, Germany Tel +49-6131-3923217 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the GEO-TECTONICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=GEO-TECTONICS&A=1 The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683. Tha Oilthigh Obar Dheathain na charthannas clàraichte ann an Alba, Àir. SC013683. ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the GEO-TECTONICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=GEO-TECTONICS&A=1 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the GEO-TECTONICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=GEO-TECTONICS&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the GEO-TECTONICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=GEO-TECTONICS&A=1