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Covid: Welsh universities set for 'different' freshers' week
Sep 20, 2020
Students starting university this month are in for a "very different" experience, the president of a Welsh student body has said.
With coronavirus restrictions across Wales, students will see many typical freshers' events cancelled and have to form household bubbles with strangers.
Only six people from the same extended household can meet indoors in Wales.
Becky Ricketts, from National Union of Students (NUS) Wales, said loneliness would be a bigger problem this year.
One university said it has spent about £1m to make its facilities Covid-19 safe.
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Ms Ricketts said: "I think there's a recognition that our welcome week is going to be very different this year.
"I think there's also the recognition across our student body that this is done to keep staff and students safe. Safety in our campuses is absolutely our number one priority to make sure that any activity that we do is safe for staff and students.
"At the moment all of our student unions in universities across Wales are holding online freshers' events, online welcome events to help with that social interaction."
Image caption NUS Wales president Becky Ricketts said isolation and loneliness were likely to be bigger problems for students this year
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