University Responses to Covid-19
Louise Bena
Latest university responses added – 19th April 2021
2020 university teaching delivery has seen more changes than most courses have had in the last 10 years.
April 2020 saw the majority of university teaching go online for the remainder of the summer term. June was an important month for prospective students making their final selections for the Autumn term. The Office for Students (OfS) advocated hard for prospective students to be given as much information as possible to help guide their choices for autumn 2020.
StudentCrowd is all about helping students to make decisions. So, from June, we have been tracking all of the teaching delivery information available to support students in planning for student life.
Below, you will find a list of all the universities teaching delivery for 2020/21, as well as all the dates for their virtual open days.
We update this information on a weekly basis.
Click on the university name below to find out more about their current teaching plans.
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UNIVERSITY COVID-19 RESPONSE  | University | Status | Teaching Mode | Open Days | Teaching Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Aberdeen Source: abdn.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start (delayed start date) | Online learning | 31st Aug & 2nd Oct (on-campus) | Teaching and assessment for Undergraduate students will remain online for the rest of the second half-session. |
| Abertay University (Dundee) Source: abertay.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start (delayed start date) | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | The majority of teaching and assessment at Abertay will be online for the remainder of the 2020/21 Academic Year. |
| Aberystwyth University Source: aber.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 12th May & 7th July | In-person teaching will resume from Monday 12 April and that all students are now permitted to travel back to universities in Wales. |
| Harper Adams University Source: harper-adams.ac.uk | Confirmed for Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 12th June | The majority of Harper Adams taught course students will receive their teaching and learning online. |
| School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Source: soas.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 5th June | The university continues as planned to deliver teaching, assessment and support activities online for the summer term. |
| Royal Agricultural University Source: Royal Agricultural University | ||||
| Richmond American International University in London Source: richmond.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 19th - 29th April | All further teaching and exams will operate online only until 30 April 2021. |
| London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Source: info.lse.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 1st -11th June | For the remainder of the 2020/21 academic year, all compulsory teaching, learning and assessments, including those taking place in Summer Term 2021, will be delivered online. |
| University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Source: uhi.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | They have suspended most face-face classes on all their campuses, and most placements with some exceptions, until the end of February. |
| UPES - University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Source: UPES - University of Petroleum and Energy Studies | ||||
| University of St Andrews Source: st-andrews.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Online open day has taken place. | In line with Scottish Government guidance, teaching and assessment for the majority of the students will remain online only for the remainder of this semester. There will be a small number of exceptions to the policy of online-only teaching and assessment. |
| University of East Anglia (UEA) Source: uea.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | "They can resume in-person teaching and learning for students who are studying practical or practice-based (including creative arts) subjects and require specialist equipment and facilities from 8 March. All remaining higher education students can return to in person teaching and learning, no earlier than 17 May." |
| Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) Source: aru.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | On Monday 17th May students on all courses with scheduled teaching in Trimester 3 will be allowed to return to in person teaching on campus at Step 3, including those who have not already returned to face to face teaching. |
| Plymouth College of Art Source: Plymouth College of Art | ||||
| Courtauld Institute of Art Source: courtauld.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual Open Day hub on website | All students will potentially be allowed to return to university campuses from Monday 17 May, as long as the Government’s current roadmap out of lockdown remains on track. This date will be confirmed by the Government one week beforehand (Monday 10 May). |
| Glasgow School of Art Source: gsa.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | From the 12th April, all teaching continues online. For final year undergraduate and all postgraduate students access to studios resumes for self-directed learning. |
| University for the Creative Arts (UCA) Source: uca.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual Open Day on website | They have begun a staggered return to campuses. Their priority is to deliver the best learning and overall University experience they can while adhering to Government guidelines and ensuring your health and safety. Where elements of their course can be delivered effectively remotely, they will continue to do so. Online delivery will, therefore, still be the primary mode of teaching for most students until Easter. |
| Leeds Arts University Source: leeds-art.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 9th June | Practical and creative courses are able to return for on-campus teaching and learning from 8 March. Teaching will be a blend of online video conferencing and on-campus. Covid-secure studios and facilities are open for all students. |
| Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) Source: Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) | ||||
| Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) Source: nua.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Next open day to be announced | From 8th March 2021, in line with government rules, NUA is returning to a blend of on-campus teaching and live streamed digital sessions. |
| University of the Arts London (UAL) Source: arts.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Selection of subject specific open evenings over the next few months | From 22 March 2021 all their main sites will be open. Some technical spaces, studios or workshops will be open for the first week of the spring break in all colleges. From 6 – 9 April limited access will be possible in colleges but for health and safety reasons, technical facilities including workshops will only be open where specialist staff are available. They are committed to return to a blended-learning model from the start of the summer term on 12 April (subject to the national situation in the UK and government guidance). |
| Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) Source: aub.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 19th June & 13th Nov | The university is making plans to consider a safe return to campus from 8 March, for students studying on courses that require practical teaching and on-site assessment. Online teaching will continue for all courses until further notice. |
| Aston University Source: www2.aston.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | Teaching and learning will continue to take place via online channels until at least 8 March 2021. The only exceptions to this continue to be the ‘permitted programmes’ of Optometry and Audiology, in the College of Health and Life Sciences, plus Aston Medical School, where there is some on-campus teaching. |
| Bangor University Source: bangor.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 26th June & 10th July | The University is planning to gradually open up further socially distanced in-person on-campus teaching following the Easter break, from 12th April. This follows Welsh Government guidance regarding teaching and learning beyond Easter, with Universities being able to move toward blended learning for all students. |
| London South Bank University Source: lsbu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Selection of information sessions in April and May | For the first four weeks of semester 2, they will be providing almost all of the teaching remotely other than those activities that cannot be done online. |
| Bath Spa University Source: bathspa.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 12th June | On the 8th March students can access on campus facilities and teaching only for level 6 and 7 students. On the 12th April expected government guidance on return to blended learning for all other courses. |
| University of Bath Source: bath.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 12th & 19th June | The university can now able to resume practical elements of in-person teaching and learning for some undergraduate students who are studying practical or practice-based subjects and require specialist equipment and facilities from 8 March. They are unable to invite any other students to return for in-person learning in line with Government restrictions. |
| Leeds Beckett University Source: leedsbeckett.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day on website | From 8 March, universities can now resume in-person teaching and learning for students who are studying practical or practice-based subjects and require specialist equipment and facilities. The guidance from the Department for Education asks universities not to ask other students to return if their courses can reasonably be delivered online. |
| University of Bedfordshire Source: beds.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Register interest for next open day | Following an update on 13 April, universities are not expected to welcome further students back to campus until Step 3 of the roadmap out of lockdown (17 May 2021) at the earliest. |
| Queen's University Belfast (QUB) Source: qub.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 5th June | The majority of lectures, tutorials and seminars will continue to be delivered online. The following teaching will still go ahead in-person and on campus:Teaching that is practical in nature (for example, lab sessions, clinical skills etc.) that cannot be delivered remotely or deferred to a later date. Face-to-face teaching that is essential for professional accreditation. |
| Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) Source: bishopg.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 19th May, 12th Jun, 25th Aug | In response to the announcement from the Government of a new national lockdown Bishop Grosseteste University will delay the planned return of on campus teaching and continue with online delivery of programmes. |
| Birkbeck, University of London Source: bbk.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 24th Jun | All teaching during the Spring and Summer term continues online. |
| University of Birmingham Source: intranet.birmingham.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Register interest for next open day | For the majority of students teaching will take place online until at least 17 May (subject to Government advice), except for students on courses still eligible for on campus teaching. |
| Birmingham City University Source: bcu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 26th June | In line with Government guidance during the current national lockdown, teaching on most of their courses is currently online, except for exempted courses including healthcare, education and social work. |
| University College Birmingham Source: ucb.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 26th June | From Monday 8 March, all higher education students who have practical teaching will return to campus in line with their planned blended learning timetable. Higher education students who do not require practical teaching will continue to study online only until Easter. |
| University of Bolton Source: bolton.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 21st May | In line with government guidance and until at least May 17, the university cannot resume ALL sessions in person face to face quite yet. |
| Boston University Source: bu.edu | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Multiple routes | Virtual campus tour and virtual events taking place over the next few months. | During the 2020–2021 academic year, Boston University students have a choice of attending in-person classes or taking classes remotely, with a hybrid teaching format called Learn from Anywhere (LfA). |
| Bournemouth University (BU) Source: bournemouth.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 12th Jun & 3rd Jul | Under current guidelines, only small numbers of students are permitted to return to face-to-face teaching, with the Government confirming that restrictions will remain in place for universities until at least phase three of Covid-19 restriction easing, 17 May at the earliest. |
| BPP Source: bpp.com | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Selection of online events | They will be continuing with delivering all teaching online. |
| Bradford College Source: bradfordcollege.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 3rd July & 13th Nov | They will be re-opening the college for HE with practical elements and adults identified as Level 1 priority. |
| University of Bradford Source: bradford.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 19th June | All students who need to be back on campus will have already been advised by their programme teams before the Easter break. All other students will now continue with online learning and teaching for the remainder of Semester 2, in line with current Government guidance. |
| University of Brighton Source: brighton.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 27th May, 19th June & 10th July | In-person teaching and learning for students who are studying practical or practice-based courses (including creative arts) which require specialist equipment and facilities will resume from Monday 8 March. Students studying courses which can reasonably be continued online (humanities, social science and all courses taught by the Brighton Business School) should continue to study remotely until further notice. |
| University of Bristol Source: bristol.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 21st - 25th June | Students should continue studies online unless your course requires you to attend in-person teaching until the Spring vacation (29 March) in line with government restrictions and local PHE advice. |
| UWE Bristol Source: uwe.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 12th June | The University has been advised by policy makers that the return date for students who are not on a practical or creative course has been delayed from the expected Monday 12 April. Instead, they expect that the Government will announce that students who are currently studying remotely should continue to do so in full, until at least Monday 17 May. |
| Oxford Brookes University Source: brookes.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Next open day to be announced | The Government announced that all remaining university students will return to in-person teaching and learning no earlier than Monday 17 May. The university is aware that many students will have already completed their semester two teaching and assessments by this date. |
| Brunel University London Source: brunel.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | Next open day to be announced | All programmes will be delivered online while making as much teaching available on campus as social distancing allows. |
| University of Buckingham Source: buckingham.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 17th July, 28th Aug & 16th Oct | All courses are being offered online until at least 11th June (the end of the Spring Term). |
| Buckinghamshire New University Source: bucks.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 12th June | Under Government guidance critical and practical course students can resume in-person teaching. All other courses will remain online. |
| Glasgow Caledonian University Source: gcu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start (delayed start date) | Online learning | 10th June, 8th Sep & 2 Oct | Online teaching will begin as planned on Monday 25 January 2021, the university is asking students to do this remotely and to not return to your term-time accommodation until this date. |
| University of Cambridge Source: cam.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 5th - 18th July & 13th- 26th Sep | For students who have been given permission to return for in-person teaching for practical or practice-based subjects, as well as for research students, this permission continues. All other students who have not previously been given permission - in-person teaching will not be before Monday 17 May. |
| Canterbury Christ Church University Source: canterbury.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual Open Day hub on website | The University will be moving all of its learning and teaching online by 3 December. |
| Cardiff Metropolitan University Source: cardiffmet.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | Register interest for next open day | The latest Welsh Government announcement states students will be able to return to university for flexible learning from 12 April for the duration of the summer term, but the university is not envisaging a resumption of all face-to-face teaching during the summer term. |
| Cardiff University Source: cardiff.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 3rd July | Those students yet to resume in-person teaching can expect a return to blended learning from 12 April (Spring semester resumes on Monday 19 April). |
| University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) Source: uclan.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual events online | Universities are not expected to welcome further students back to campus until Step 3 of the roadmap out of lockdown (17 May 2021) at the earliest. |
| University of Chester Source: www1.chester.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Register interest for next open day | The remainder of students (those who have not yet been allowed back this year) will be permitted to return for face-to-face teaching no sooner than week commencing May 17. |
| University of Chichester Source: chi.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 26th June & 10th Oct | "In-person teaching and learning for students who are studying practical or practice-based (including creative arts) subjects and require specialist equipment and facilities from 8 March. They have recently announced that remaining students will be able to return to in-person teaching alongside Step 3 of the Roadmap, when restrictions on social contact will be eased further and the majority of indoor settings can reopen. This will take place no earlier than 17 May." |
| City, University of London Source: studenthub.city.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 26th June | The UK Government has now confirmed that no additional courses can return for in-person teaching until after 17th May at the earliest. The university is currently reviewing which in-person activities and support they may be able to offer on campus after 17th May. |
| Leeds City College Source: leedscitycollege.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Next open day to be announced | College will reopen from Monday 8 March for many of our students following the government’s lockdown exit plan announcement. Remote learning is taking place until after half term. |
| Dublin City University Source: dcu.ie | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | June TBC | Most teaching will move online for the period of the heightened level of restrictions, and so campus time indicated in the information which students received at the beginning of this month may reduce. Teaching activities on campus will be limited to those considered necessary to the programme or specific student group and will be carried out in safe environments, with controlled numbers. |
| Colchester Institute Source: colchester.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 5th May | On account of the Government’s announcement of a new national lockdown, all lessons and learning will be on-line until further notice. |
| Imperial College London Source: imperial.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 21st-26th June 2021 | The government confirmed that remaining students will not be able to return to on-campus teaching until 17 May at the earliest, in line with the third step of easing national lockdown. This will be confirmed on 10 May. |
| University College London (UCL) Source: ucl.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 7th - 18th June | If students are currently studying remotely, they should remain where they are and not return to UCL until face-to-face teaching resumes for their programme. If programmes require some in-person attendance, departments will contact them with details. |
| King's College London (KCL) Source: kcl.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Next open day to be announced | On-campus teaching will only go ahead for a very limited number of programmes which require practical learning for professional qualifications. Teaching for all other courses will be delivered online only while these new restrictions are in place. |
| Royal College of Music Source: Royal College of Music | ||||
| University College Dublin Source: ucd.ie | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences available online | They will continue online teaching as per timetables. Other scheduled face to face lectures, tutorials or other classroom-based teaching will take place online. |
| Royal Veterinary College Source: Royal Veterinary College | ||||
| St Mary's University College Source: stmarys-belfast.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Not yet specified | Unknown | Planning for 3 scenarios, expected that blended learning will be the most likely case in September. |
| Stranmillis University College Source: Stranmillis University College | ||||
| Writtle College Source: Writtle College | ||||
| Trinity College Dublin Source: tcd.ie | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Online open day has taken place. | In semester two, all teaching in lectures, small group classes and tutorials will continue online or move online; some essential practical or lab-based work in other Schools will continue where feasible |
| Scotland's Rural College Source: Scotland's Rural College | ||||
| Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Source: rcsi.com | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | Virtual open day has taken place | They will deliver as much face-to-face teaching as possible with some sessions that will be delivered digitally, including the live-streaming of some lectures. Academically, students will be taught in small groups, which will be called 'learning communities'. |
| London School of Commerce Source: lsclondon.co.uk | Not yet specified | Online learning | Unknown | Teaching will be delivered via online / remote methods only. There will therefore be no face-to-face teaching. |
| Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Source: rcs.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | Virtual open day has taken place | They are working to an agreed plan of restricted blended learning, with any limited in-person teaching activity which is deemed essential taking place in a safety-assessed environment. |
| Coventry University Source: coventry.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | For most students, teaching and learning will continue to be delivered online until at least 17 May 2021, with the exception of courses that need to access specialist equipment and facilities. |
| University of Cumbria Source: cumbria.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | The UK Government has determined that a limited number of students, largely those training as future critical workers in health and teaching, should continue to study on campus. The rest of the courses will remain online. |
| University of South Wales (Prifysgol De Cymru) Source: southwales.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 26th June | All Welsh universities, including USW, have collectively made the decision to continue to deliver the majority of teaching online until Easter. |
| University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) Source: uwtsd.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 26th June | The return to blended learning for the summer term means that some programmes may return to on campus delivery from 12th April. |
| De Montfort University (DMU) Source: dmu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 3rd July | As a result of the lockdown announcement, the university can confirm that all of the courses will remain online until further notice. |
| University of Derby Source: derby.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | Register interest for future open days | Mix of online and blended learning, prioritizing the continuation of face-to-face provision for certain programmes. Opportunities for students on practical programmes to access specialist resources are maximized. |
| Guildhall School of Music & Drama Source: gsmd.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Not yet specified | Next open day to be announced | Not specified |
| Technological University Dublin Source: tudublin.ie | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | Public health restrictions in place until 31 January mean that on-campus activity cannot resume for the moment. |
| University of Dundee Source: dundee.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start (delayed start date) | Online learning | 30th Aug | Teaching will remain online for the whole of Semester 2 for the vast majority of students. |
| Durham University Source: dur.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 18th & 19th June 2021 | The UK Government has now confirmed that further in-person teaching at English universities cannot start again until Monday 17 May at the earliest, as part of Step 3 of the Roadmap. Durham asks students not to come back ahead of that date or before government gives consent, unless it is essential you do so to support educational needs. |
| University of East London (UEL) Source: uel.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 12th June | Teaching and learning for most courses proceed online. Practical, creative and clinical courses have one day per week timetabled on campus. Residential and University services on campus continue. |
| Edge Hill University Source: edgehill.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 12th June, 14th Aug, & 11th Sep | The Government has announced that all university students who have not yet returned to campus and in-person teaching will be able to do so from 17 May, at the earliest. For now, this means that students who have not yet resumed in-person teaching, will continue with their online learning until then. |
| Edge Hotel School Source: essex.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | Students on a small number of courses will be permitted to return to on-campus, face-to-face teaching from 8 March 2021 in addition to those already doing so. All other students will continue to access their learning remotely for the remainder of the Spring Term. |
| University of Edinburgh Source: ed.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 21st June | All learning and teaching will restart digitally. Following further Scottish Government guidance - the university has decided that teaching and assessment for Undergraduate students will remain digital for the rest of the Semester, with a small number of exceptions. |
| Edinburgh Napier University Source: my.napier.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | The vast majority of teaching and learning in Trimester 2 will take place online, with the exception of a few essential in-person classes, including specific practical activities and workshops. Only a very small number of courses will have some elements of in-person teaching on campus. |
| Marino Institute of Education Source: Marino Institute of Education | ||||
| Institute of Education, University of London Source: Institute of Education, University of London | ||||
| University of Essex Source: essex.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Register interest for upcoming open days | Following the latest Government guidelines, they are currently restricting the number of students allowed to start face-to-face teaching to subjects where a face-to-face component is absolutely essential, with most students not being permitted to return to on-campus university teaching. |
| University of Exeter Source: exeter.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct Start | Online learning | 1st - 5th June | Only students on programmes that require specialist facilities will be able to recommence in-person teaching from 8 March. |
| Falmouth University Source: falmouth.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 15th May | The Government announced on 22 February that universities can resume in-person teaching and learning for students who are studying practical or practice-based subjects that require specialist equipment and facilities from 8 March 2021. Due to the nature of Falmouth University’s course portfolio and its academic approach, this means that all of our students will be permitted to return to campus, ready to start on-campus activity from 8 March 2021. |
| St George's, University of London Source: sgul.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Series of webinars for applicants | There is no immediate change to the University's current working arrangements. Their teaching and research continue as at present, with any on-site activities conducted in Covid secure ways. |
| University of Glasgow Source: gla.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Register interest for next open day | From 17 May, the Scottish Government hopes to move to Phase 3 of the student travel guidance, which allows for more on-campus learning activity to take place. |
| University of Gloucestershire Source: glos.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 22nd May | Face-to-face teaching for students on courses that require practical teaching, specialist facilities, or on-site assessments as part of a blended approach. Students on other programmes will continue learning online for the time being |
| Glyndwr University Source: glyndwr.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | Next open day to be announced | Semester 2 will be similar to semester 1 for most students with a blend of online and on campus digitally-enabled learning delivered through our Active Learning Framework. |
| Goldsmiths, University of London Source: gold.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 26th June | The UK Minister of State for Universities has announced that all other students cannot return to in-person activities until 17 May at the earliest and they should continue to learn remotely and remain where they are living. The university are reviewing what this means for their students. |
| Robert Gordon University (RGU) Source: rgu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start (delayed start date) | Online learning | 18th Sep & 6th Oct | For the rest of Term 2 (Friday 30 April) the vast majority of its teaching will continue to be delivered online. |
| University of Greenwich Source: gre.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 26th June | The Government has confirmed that students on practical courses such as science, and those who require specialist equipment or facilities, will be able to return for on-campus teaching from Monday 8 March. The university will continue to support students on all other courses to study online and the Government have indicated they will provide a further update on a wider return for all students by Easter. |
| Sheffield Hallam University Source: shu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | Following the government’s April 13 update on in-person teaching, students who are learning online will not be able to return to campus teaching before 17 May. This means that most undergraduate students will not have planned on-campus teaching before exams and assessments begin. |
| Hartpury University Source: hartpury.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 26th June | They will return to the blended-delivery model during the week beginning 8 March 2021, combining a minimum of 50% face-to-face teaching on campus with live online sessions on your remote days. |
| Heriot-Watt University Source: hw.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Edinburgh campus virtual open day - 25th Sep & 23rd Oct and Scottish Borders will be on 1st Oct & 5t | Semester 2 will start as planned on Monday 11 January, but all teaching will be online until at least 1st March with very few exceptions and none before 22nd February. |
| University of Hertfordshire Source: herts.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 26th June | Students studying practical courses that require specialist equipment and facilities are permitted to come to campus for their teaching and learning. On Tuesday 13thApril, all remaining students will be able to return to in-person teaching at step 3 of the national roadmap currently planned for Monday 17th May at the earliest. |
| Royal Holloway, University of London Source: royalholloway.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Next open day will be Summer 2021 | All classes will remain online until the end of this term. |
| Liverpool Hope University Source: hope.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 25th June | All teaching taking place online throughout the period of lockdown. |
| University of Huddersfield Source: hud.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | July & Autumn | In line with the Government guidance they will begin to open facilities on campus for certain courses from 8 March. |
| University of Hull Source: hull.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Register interest for future open days. | From 8 March in-person learning can resume for students who are studying practical or practice-based (including creative arts) subjects and need specialist equipment and facilities. All other students should not return to campus and continue online learning. |
| York St John University Source: yorksj.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 17th July & 13th August (on-campus) | The government has advised that, from Monday 8 March, universities can resume face to face teaching for students who are studying practical or practice-based subjects that require access to specialist equipment or facilities on campus and all other courses will be delivered online until after Easter |
| Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) Source: ljmu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | In light of the current situation with COVID-19 and the associated Government restrictions, teaching will remain online for the rest of the semester. The only exceptions are those clinical or professional programmes exempted by the Government. |
| Kaplan Open Learning Source: kaplanpathways.com | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online Learning | Unknown | Students at UK colleges will be studying remotely online – from their accommodation or home country. From 8 March, more in-person student support services will be available at our UK colleges, alongside the online support currently on offer. |
| Keele University Source: keele.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Register interest for next open day | From 8th March they will be resuming in-person teaching for some students who are studying practical courses. All other courses will be delivered online. There will be a further Government review in April about when all remaining students can return. |
| University of Kent Source: kent.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | The majority of teaching will remain online with some exceptions where on-campus teaching, assessment or use of specialist facilities is essential. |
| Kingston University Source: kingston.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 16th June & 7th July | All teaching will be taking place online. The only exceptions are for healthcare subjects, social work and teacher training, where students will be able to access teaching on campus. The government has advised the current restrictions are likely to last until at least 8 March. |
| Lancaster University Source: lancaster.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Register interest for next open day | Wherever possible, students should remain at their current accommodation and should not travel to access their university facilities until face-to-face teaching resumes for their programme, or 17 May at the earliest. |
| University of Law Source: law.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 15th May & 16th June | Recent Government guidance states that students can expect a return to face to face teaching no earlier than 17 May. Timetabled classes will continue to be delivered via streamed sessions until at least 17 May and will continue thereafter until 30 June for any student who opts into the Study Guarantee. |
| University of Leeds Source: coronavirus.leeds.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Next open day will take place in June | The Government has confirmed that the current policy for students returning to campus remain in place until at least Monday 17 May. Face-to-face teaching will continue into the summer term for those students on practical or practice-based courses and for all other students teaching and learning will continue online until at least Monday 17 May. |
| Leeds Trinity University Source: leedstrinity.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 3rd July | Given the latest government guidance, the timetable remains unchanged from Semester Two, with on-campus teaching continuing as it did before Easter for a limited number of practical modules only. |
| University of Leicester Source: le.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 19th June | All teaching, unless you are on an exempted course, has now moved online and no face-to-face teaching will take place before 8 March 2021 at the earliest. |
| University of Lincoln Source: lincoln.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 27th April, 8th &19th May | In line with Government guidance, most of the teaching sessions will remain the same as before the Easter break,; practical sessions as planned will be face to face on campus and theory sessions will continue to be provided online. Students timetable will provide the details of their teaching sessions for the start of the summer term from the 12th of April. |
| University of Liverpool Source: liverpool.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | They have made the decision that students who are currently studying wholly online will continue to do so until the end of term on Friday, 19 March 2021. All students on clinical courses and other programmes are exempt from the current Government restrictions and will continue to receive in-person teaching and take part in placements as planned. Students who are not currently receiving in-person teaching, but who need to undertake practical work on campus this academic year, to resume those elements of their studies from the week commencing Monday 12 April, following the Easter holiday period. |
| London Metropolitan University Source: londonmet.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start (delayed start date) | Online learning | 4th June | The UK government has announced that students who have not yet returned to campus and in-person teaching will be able to do so from 17 May, at the earliest. As teaching for most London Met students ends on Friday 14 May, the majority of students will return to campus for teaching at the start of the next academic year in September. |
| Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) Source: qmul.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 25th - 26th June & 2-3 July | Some in-person teaching for students who are studying practical or practice-based subjects and need access to specialist equipment and facilities from 8 March. Other courses will remain online. |
| Regents University London Source: regents.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Next open day to be announced | They will continue to deliver all our classes online in the Summer Term 2021 (May 2021). |
| University of West London (UWL) Source: uwl.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 26th May | From 8th March you can access the campus for scheduled classes. Level 6 and 7 students with practical content will return to blended learning for specific modules. On 15th March level 3, 4 and 5 students with practical content will return to blended learning for specific modules. |
| Loughborough University Source: lboro.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Register interest for upcoming open days | In-person teaching will resume from the start of the summer term, Monday 26th April for students on specified courses – including all practical programmes. If students are studying on a taught programme where Government restrictions on in-person teaching remain in place, the university shall continue to deliver the curriculum on-line for the time being. |
| Manchester Metropolitan University Source: mmu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 21st - 26th June | Some on-campus learning from Monday 8 March for students on courses that require practice-based teaching or access to specialist equipment and facilities. Students on non-practice-based courses will continue online until further guidance is provided. |
| The University of Manchester Source: manchester.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Next open day will be in June | They have moved teaching online, closed non-essential facilities and cancelled or postponed on-campus events. |
| Queen Margaret University (QMU) Source: qmu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | Scotland is under 'phase 1', under phase 1, the default remains online teaching, except where attendance is critical and time-sensitive to the course or assessment and cannot be delivered remotely, or for those students on essential placements. |
| Plymouth Marjon University Source: marjon.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 4th - 5th June | As of Thursday 10 December, all teaching will be online. |
| St Mary's University, Twickenham Source: stmarys.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 15th May | The Government has announced that all university teaching must take place online. |
| Maynooth University Source: maynoothuniversity.ie | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | For the remainder of the spring semester, most teaching will continue remotely, with only essential practical activities and essential project work on campus. |
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| Middlesex University Source: mdx.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 12th June | Planning to start teaching through a mix of online virtual and face to face teaching during autumn 2020 and spring 2021. Also the option to move between blended learning and fully online virtual learning. |
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| Newcastle University Source: enquire.ncl.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Can sign up interest for future online Open Day dates | Whilst plans were already in place for most students to complete their studies online, the Government’s announcement provides a date from which the university can offer in-person extra-curricular activities, including a blended programme of additional careers support for students in their final year. They are planning these activities now and further details will be available by the end of the Easter vacation. |
| Newman University Source: newman.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 9th June & 3rd July (on-campus) | The University is waiting for the Government to review, by the end of Easter, the options and timings of the return of further students to on campus teaching. |
| University of Northampton Source: northampton.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 17th July & 14th Aug | Teaching in the first term will be a mix of face-to-face with online provision |
| Northumbria University Source: covid.northumbria.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | On-campus open days 25th & 26th June | The Government announced that some face-to-face teaching on campus may resume from the week of the 8th March for those students who are studying practical or practice-based (including creative arts) subjects and require specialist equipment and facilities. The university have staggered the return of programmes in accordance with Government guidance. The rest of the courses will remain online for the time being. |
| Nottingham Trent University (NTU) Source: ntu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Register interest for next open day | The university will keep students updated on how the Government's plans for easing lockdown is impacting teaching and learning as they continue to follow their latest guidelines. |
| University of Nottingham Source: nottingham.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Next open day to take place in June | From Monday 8 March, restrictions will start to be relaxed through a four-step process but learning will remain online for the majority of students. |
| University of Roehampton Source: roehampton.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 26th May | All teaching available online, with some small group teaching, labs, and practical sessions in person, following Covid-19 guidelines. |
| University of Stirling Source: stir.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 12th June 2021 | "Teaching and learning, for most undergraduate students, will remain fully online until 13 April 2021. For most postgraduate taught students it will remain fully online until 16 April 2021, when classes are scheduled to finish ahead of the exam period. There will be limited in-person teaching and essential placements for a small number of students." |
| University of Strathclyde Source: strath.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 23rd June | Glasgow is in COVID-19 Protection Level 4 until April 2021. Learning and teaching will be online, in accordance with Scottish Government guidance. |
| University of Warwick Source: warwick.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Register interest for next open day | Students who have already resumed some face-to-face teaching alongside existing online teaching and learning to campus since 8 March, will continue to have some face-to-face teaching from 26 April. In addition, students in all year groups who are studying science subjects and some theatre studies students can return to have some face-to-face teaching from 26 April. |
| University of the West of Scotland (UWS) Source: uws.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | From 17 May onwards – provided it is safe to do so – they will be able to deliver a more blended model of learning. |
| University of Wolverhampton Source: wlv.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 12th June | Students on practical and creative higher education courses at universities in England, who would be unable to complete their course if they did not return, can return to campus to take part in practical teaching, access specialist facilities, and complete assessments from 8 March. All students that do not need to take part in practical teaching, will continue online learning until end of the Easter holidays in April. |
| University of Worcester Source: worcester.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 27th June | They have recently announced that remaining students will be able to return to in-person teaching alongside Step 3 of the Roadmap. This will take place no earlier than 17 May. . A return alongside Step 3 would give many students time to receive some in-person teaching before the end of term, |
| University of Plymouth Source: plymouth.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 23rd Jun | Teaching is in line with government guidance. |
| University of Reading Source: reading.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 17th & 19th June | The government has advised that students should continue to study online until at least the 17 May (Step 3 on the Roadmap), unless they are undertaking a placement or practical and studio-based activities that cannot easily be replicated online. |
| University of Sussex Source: sussex.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 5th June | Practical courses can return to campus for studies from 8 March. All students studying any other course should not return to Sussex and should continue learning online and should not return to Sussex until at least 17 May 2021. |
| University of Salford Source: salford.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 19th June | Students on practical or practice-based courses can return to campus on Monday 12 April. Some courses will remain online and others on campus. |
| University of Southampton Source: southampton.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 15th May | In- line with Government regulations, their education provision has temporarily moved online - with the exception of Medicine, Health Sciences and PGCE students. All remaining higher education students can return to inperson teaching and learning, no earlier than 17 May, alongside Step 3 of the Roadmap. |
| University of Sunderland Source: sj.sunderland.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Selection of subject specific open evenings over the next few months | From Monday 4 January 2021, teaching will be online unless programme leaders advise students to come onto campus. |
| University of Suffolk Source: uos.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 27th May. 26th June, 9th Oct & 6th Nov 2021 | In line with government guidance, from the 8th March 2021, they are now also able to resume some in-person teaching and learning for undergraduate and postgraduate students who are studying practical or practice-based (including creative arts) subjects and require specialist equipment and facilities. They will continue to priorities on campus and face to face for teaching in specialist facilities and other lectures and tutorials will continue online. |
| University of Portsmouth Source: port.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 30th Jun, 3rd July, 22 Sep, 6th Nov & 4 Dec | They will be offering a Blended Learning Approach. |
| University of York Source: york.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Open day experiences online | Due to continued Covid restrictions from the Government, the university have decided that the majority of classroom-based teaching activity will be delivered online for the entirety of the Spring Term this year (other than for exempt courses), and that the majority of teaching and learning will remain online for the Summer Term. |
| University of Oxford Source: ox.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 30th June & 1st July | Students on non-practical courses, in-person teaching should not resume until 17 May at the earliest (alongside Step 3 of the Government’s Roadmap for easting national restrictions). |
| University of Westminster Source: westminster.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 2 & 12 June, 8 September, 9 Oct, 10 & 27 Nov | From 8 March 2021 some specialist teaching that is unable to take place online will take place on campus. Other courses will remain online. |
| University of Winchester Source: winchester.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 15th June & 3rd July | The latest Government guidance means students studying courses that have been back on campus this semester should continue to attend campus for week 12 teaching (4-7 May) and the assessment weeks (10-28 May). Government guidance unfortunately means that students on all other courses which did not return before Easter should continue to study online. |
| The University of Sheffield Source: sheffield.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Open day experiences online | In line with government guidance, the majority of courses will be delivered online until at least 17 May 2021. Do not travel to Sheffield and remain where you are currently living until face-to-face teaching begins. |
| University of Surrey Source: surrey.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 26th June, 10th & 24th Oct & 27th Nov | Students programme which have not yet restarted face-to-face teaching will not be able to restart face-to-face teaching until at least stage 3 of the roadmap, which will begin no earlier than Monday 17 May. |
| The University of Sydney Source: sydney.edu.au | Confirmed Semester 2 start | Blended learning | 28th Aug on campus and online | Semester 1 will feature both online and in-person classes. |
| The Open University Source: help.open.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | N/A | The OU’s distance learning teaching model has been largely unaffected and registrations are currently open for courses starting in October. Tutorials and assessments continued to be delivered online. |
| Ravensbourne Source: ravensbourne.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 26th Jun | After the Easter break, all students on practical courses will have a mix of in-person lessons inside the Ravensbourne building and remote online lessons. For all students that aren't on practical courses, all timetabled lessons will continue to be delivered online. |
| Solent University, Southampton Source: solent.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 5th June | Those students on courses who would be unable to complete their studies if they did not return to take part in practical teaching, access specialist facilities, or complete assessments can return to university from 8 March. For all other students, the Government will review, by the end of the Easter holidays, the options for timing their return. |
| Staffordshire University Source: staffs.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 12th June | Once there is more information from the Government, closer to Monday 17 May 2021, the university will update students and issue further communications on teaching. |
| Swansea University Source: myuni.swansea.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 8th May | From 19th April the current teaching arrangement will continue online, with some face-to-face teaching for those who have already been asked to return plus some new additions. |
| Teesside University Source: tees.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 26th June | The Government has now confirmed that only courses already permitted to resume face-to-face teaching can continue to be delivered on campus, and that no additional students should return to campus until 17 May at the earliest. Therefore, there will be no major changes to teaching arrangements following the spring vacation. |
| Ulster University Source: ulster.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | Virtual open day videos on website | Blended learning experience including on-campus teaching activities, together with online learning. |