Lateral flow testing kits will be available in colleges (Andrew Milligan/PA)
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Students and staff are now able to access rapid coronavirus testing through their local college.
More than 100,000 lateral flow testing kits have been distributed to colleges across Scotland to help detect cases in people with no symptoms.
Authorities are urging people to take part in voluntary testing twice a week using the at-home kits.
A limited number of students are currently allowed on to college campuses at any one time in line with current public health guidance, with safety measures such as social distancing in place.
Students and staff are now able to access rapid coronavirus testing through their local college. More than 100,000 lateral flow testing kits have been distributed to colleges across Scotland to help detect cases in people with no symptoms. Authorities are urging people to take part in voluntary testing twice a week using the at-home kits. A limited number of students are currently allowed on to college campuses at any one time in line with current public health guidance, with safety measures such as social distancing in place. Scotland s national clinical director Professor Jason Leitch said: The college testing programme is voluntary, and I encourage all eligible staff and students to take part regularly to help protect themselves, and keep their friends, families and colleges safe.
College to offer covid test kits to students and staff
Those working and learning at the West College Scotland campus are being encouraged to take part in a twice-weekly testing programme to support the safe return to in-person learning.
Lauren Mulvey from Paisley is keen to get back to in-person learning (Image: Paisley)
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Miners in Chiatura, Georgia strike to demand pay increase and improved conditions
Over 3,000 workers in the Georgian mining town of Chiatura joined an indefinite walkout on April 23 to demand Georgian Manganese grant a 50 percent pay rise, health insurance and environmental protections for the area near the mine.
According to the
Governance Monitoring Center, drivers working for the company in Chiatura wrote to the Minister of Health listing their demands hiring a lawyer to represent them rather than acting through the union and walked out on April 19. They were joined on April 23 by miners and other workers at Georgian Manganese.
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An agreement has been reached which has ended Scotland-wide strike action by college lecturers.
Staff had staged a series of walkouts in a dispute about replacing lecturers with lower-paid instructor assessors.
The body which represents employers, Colleges Scotland, said this had not been happening on a national scale.
Strike action was suspended last week when progress was made in talks between the EIS Further Education Lecturers Association and Colleges Scotland.
It was officially called off on Wednesday after both sides ratified an agreement.
EIS-FELA said the solution protects the interests of lecturers and students while Colleges Scotland said it was great news .