My office hadn't changed at all, except that someone had placed a pair of washable masks and a face visor in there for my use. They're pretty good masks, too — I'll be using them when I go shopping. I was hoping I might have left some chocolate or biscuits there for myself as a nice surprise, but I hadn't. However, I hadn't left a banana there as a nasty surprise either, so that was a relief.
The university is doing really quite well in this pandemic. There are signs everywhere saying where to walk and where not to walk, to wash hands at every opportunity, how many people are allowed in rooms — they've really gone to town. There are large gazeboes for students to use when they want to socialise (twelve per gazebo, each with its own NHS app location scan point). There's also the Covid-19 test centre, which I didn't visit because I suspect that people with Covid-19 symptoms might go there. All in all, I'm quite impressed.
All this means nothing if the students don't follow the guidelines, of course. Given how many of them are involved in actual go-to-prison activities such as taking and dealing in narcotics, I don't suppose that they're going to be fazed by a mere plea to follow government guidelines or you'll kill us all. The university has done its bit, though.
Look, we even have a naff poster about it on our special naff poster billboard site.
