Trinity College boarders have been booted from campus for breaking COVID-19 rules
Residential students at Melbourne’s top university have been booted from campus over a gathering that broke social distancing rules, and have been told not to return for months.
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Melbourne University boarders have been kicked off campus for breaching physical distancing rules.
Trinity College told 24 of its residential students to pack their bags over an unauthorised common room gathering on Monday.
The students were asked to leave after breaking the COVID-19 rules, which the College said they had been advised of and were a condition of living on campus.
They’ve been told they can return in two months.
Trinity College warden and chief executive Prof Ken Hinchcliff said many of its residential students were from overseas or remote indigenous communities “with nowhere else to go”.
However, the College confirmed it was working with “all the affected students … to find safe alternate accommodation”.
Prof Hinchcliff said he was “disappointed” some students didn’t follow the rules that were “introduced for their safety and that of our community”.
“Reassuringly, the majority of our students have complied with our social distancing requirements that have allowed Trinity College to continue to provide an essential residential service to our students in a safe environment,” he said.
Students kicked off campus have been told they can return for semester 2, beginning August 3.
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