Campus life goes on and travel bans only apply for a month

The university has imposed an international travel ban but it only applies to April 4. Vice Chancellor S Bruce Dowton says the MU executive will “review this decision on a regular basis.”

Anybody who wants to go overseas anyway needs to make a case to management, but Professor Dowton warns, “ultimately, any decision on travel will be determined by myself and will be final; it will only be permitted in the most exceptional circumstances.”

Late yesterday the registrar, Gail White emailed to assure students, “key activities in the student lifecycle,” exams, graduations, are all on and that “it is safe to come to Macquarie U (which is) operating as normal.”

“I am hopeful that these difficult times will soon pass,” Professor Dowton says.