More than 200 students have been suspended from Queen's University, Belfast in just seven months for breaching coronavirus regulations, it can be revealed.
In total, 252 students have been reported to the university by police, while 229 were suspended for a fortnight after flouting the health and safety rules.
The remaining 23 received their Covid notices prior to a change in conduct regulations which now allows for the imposition of a two-week Emergency Precautionary Suspension, according to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request obtained by the Belfast Telegraph.
QUB said it takes these breaches "very seriously, as evidenced by the number of students who have received an automatic suspension as evidenced by the number of students who have received an automatic suspension between August 2020 and February 2021."