Your community, your responsibility
We all have a role to play in keeping the ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý, its students, staff and our city-wide community safe.
Overview
As members of the ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý community, it's our social responsibility to help stop the spread of COVID-19 by ensuring good conduct and behaviours and adhering to relevant COVID guidance.
To support our city-wide community, we expect you to act responsibly, recognise and respect others. We have set out the following expected behaviours to help us all navigate our responsibility to ensure a safe, inclusive and healthy environment.
Where necessary, the ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý will take action, including potential disciplinary action to protect the local city and the wider ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý community.
Act responsibly
All members of our ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý community should take personal responsibility to help stop the spread of COVID-19 by following government guidance.
Please follow our safety guidance to keep campus safe:
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Stay at home if you feel unwell, and do not come to campus.
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Be respectful of everyone’s choice to wear a face covering, should they wish to do so.
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Keep up to date with your vaccines: Call 119 or visit the for your nearest walk-in clinic, or to book an appointment.
Government guidance on social gatherings
Recognise and respect others
All members of the ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý community should recognise, respect and value diversity, different abilities, backgrounds, beliefs and ways of living and behave, in a way that reflects and appreciates equality, diversity and inclusivity.
We expect this to include the below:
- Be respectful and considerate to others in all settings (virtual and physical environments), and to those who may not be wearing a mask for health reasons.
- Reflect on our own held privileges and support actions to provide an inclusive environment that challenges all forms of discrimination, bullying and victimisation.
- Think critically about race in our society, challenge microaggressions and be actively anti-racist in our thinking.

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