University Responses to Covid-19
Louise Bena
Latest university responses added – 15th February 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 | Online open day has taken place. | 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 at Abertay will be online only until after the Easter break on Monday 19 April. |
| Aberystwyth University Source: aber.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | Universities in Wales have taken the decision to continue to deliver the majority of their teaching online until the Easter break. |
| Harper Adams University Source: harper-adams.ac.uk | Confirmed for Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 20th Mar | The majority of Harper Adams taught course students will receive their teaching and learning online until at least mid-February. |
| School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Source: soas.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 5th June | The SOAS spring term will resume on 11 January 2021 as planned, with access to teaching, assessment and support services all taking place online and available throughout the academic 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 | In line with Government guidance, they are not able to resume face-to-face teaching in March. |
| London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Source: info.lse.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Selection of online events | 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 | 26th & 27th March | 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 | 7th & 14th April 2021 | 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 | The University has decided that all teaching and in-person supervision, with some specific exemptions, will be online until at least Monday 1 March 2021. |
| Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) Source: aru.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 24th Apr | 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. |
| 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 | There will be no face-to-face teaching for the rest of this term. |
| Glasgow School of Art Source: gsa.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 22nd - 26th March | Online teaching resumes. Students should continue to study remotely. This allows for a staggered return to the GSA in line with the Scottish Government guidance and importantly also ensures students can follow the guidance and restrictions that are in force wherever in the UK or the rest of the world they are. |
| University for the Creative Arts (UCA) Source: uca.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual Open Day on website | The Government has asked that face-to-face teaching be put on hold until further notice, as part of a national lockdown in response to the global pandemic. Learning is taking place online. |
| Leeds Arts University Source: leeds-art.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 9th June | Following the Government announcements all teaching is now online. |
| 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 | Virtual open day experiences online | They will teach their courses online only until mid-February at the earliest. |
| Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) Source: aub.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Next open day to be announced | 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 | Online learning | Next open day will be in summer 2021 | In line with Government advice, from 8th February all lectures will be online with some other learning activities (e.g. seminars, laboratory practicals) continuing on-campus for some students, depending on the nature of their course. Students are not required to be on-campus unless students have a mandatory on-campus session with no online alternative available. This is set to continue for the period until Friday 26 March. |
| London South Bank University Source: lsbu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 6th Mar | 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 | Next open day to be announced | The university is currently in stage 5: online teaching only. |
| University of Bath Source: bath.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Online open day has taken place. | 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 | 6th & 31st March | 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 | 24th April 2021 | All teaching will be delivered online with some course exceptions for students who are on critical worker courses |
| Queen's University Belfast (QUB) Source: qub.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | The majority of teaching will continue to be delivered remotely until the earliest 1st April. |
| Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) Source: bishopg.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 19th May & 12th Jun | 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 | The Government has updated its guidance to universities about the timing of resuming face-to-face teaching with the expectation that, apart from the small number of exempt programmes, teaching will be online only until at least 8 March |
| Birmingham City University Source: bcu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 20th Mar | 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 | 27th March | 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 March 2021 | Teaching will remain online until mid-February for all except future critical worker courses, which includes health and teacher education. |
| Boston University Source: bu.edu | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Multiple routes | Virtual campus tour and virtual events taking place over the next few months. | Undergraduates returning to campus this fall can choose to attend in-person classes or take classes remotely via Zoom or some other technology—or engage in both interchangeably. |
| Bournemouth University (BU) Source: bournemouth.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 13th Mar, 7th Apr, 12th Jun & 3rd Jul | Some in-person teaching and learning may resume for some students who are studying practical or practice-based subjects and require specialist equipment and facilities, but all other learning will take place online until at least Easter. |
| 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 | 20th March | Bradford College is now physically closed and all learning will take place online or remotely from Tuesday 5 January. |
| University of Bradford Source: bradford.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | Following the new lockdown measures, and new guidance from the government, they will be extending online-only teaching for many of their programmes until Friday, 26 March 2021. |
| University of Brighton Source: brighton.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | 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 | Virtual open day experiences online | 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 | Next open day to be announced. | From Monday 8 March, students on practical and creative courses who need to access specialist facilities and equipment can return to campus for teaching. All other teaching will be delievered online. The next review period for return to on-campus teaching will take place in April. |
| Oxford Brookes University Source: brookes.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Next open day to be announced | The university is reviewing the Government roadmap and will provide further detailed information to students and staff as soon as possible what it means for teaching and learning. In the meantime, students should remain where they are and continue to engage with their learning as it is currently being delivered. |
| Brunel University London Source: brunel.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 13th March | 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 | Virtual open day has taken place | 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 | 13th March | Learning to take place online except for those studying future critical worker courses, until the end of Feb. |
| Glasgow Caledonian University Source: gcu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start (delayed start date) | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | 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 | Next open day will be 2021 | Teaching will be delivered online, exceptionally, an earlier return will be allowed for specific groups of students including Medical, Veterinary and PGCE students returning for placements. |
| 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 | Online learning | Next open day will be in 2021 | Cardiff Metropolitan University has announced that online-only delivery will continue until at least the end of February. |
| Cardiff University Source: cardiff.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 21st April | The majority of teaching will be online until Friday 26 March with the exception of health-related and practical-based programmes where on-campus activity is required to meet learning outcomes. A small number of additional programmes and cohorts can return to in-person teaching on or after 22 February. |
| University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) Source: uclan.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | Working through the Government guidance and making the necessary arrangements. |
| University of Chester Source: www1.chester.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | All other programmes will now operate online until mid-February at the earliest. |
| University of Chichester Source: chi.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual events online | 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. Students should not return if their course can reasonably be continued online |
| City, University of London Source: studenthub.city.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Next open day will be June 2021 | At City, the majority of teaching and assessment will be online as planned and will remain online until at least Monday 8th March, pending the Government’s review. |
| Leeds City College Source: leedscitycollege.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 10th March | Remote learning is taking place until after half term. |
| Dublin City University Source: dcu.ie | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 17th April | 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 | 18th Mar | 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 | Virtual open day experiences online | The UK government has announced a re-start of on-campus teaching from that date onward, with priority given to students studying practical subjects. The College will invite some students taking practical subjects back to campus for learning activities. Students will only be asked to return if their course cannot reasonably be continued online. |
| University College London (UCL) Source: ucl.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Prospective students can register interest for future online open days. | There will be no in-person teaching on campus until Monday 22 February, at the earliest (except for a small number of exempt subjects). |
| King's College London (KCL) Source: kcl.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | 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 | With the exception of health courses which lead to professional registration, all other courses are to be delivered fully online from the start of term until 8 March at the earliest (in accordance with current government advice). |
| University of Cumbria Source: cumbria.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | In line with the latest guidance, a limited number of programmes have been allowed to resume face-to-face teaching on-campus study and/or professional placement from 4 January, the remainder of their teaching will be delivered online. |
| University of South Wales (Prifysgol De Cymru) Source: southwales.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 13th March 2021 | 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 | Online learning | 2021 dates to still be confirmed | The University will remain online until Easter. This means that the students studies will continue online until April. |
| De Montfort University (DMU) Source: dmu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 13th Mar | 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 | Online learning | 13th March | Following the government announcement on Monday 22 February 2021, the university is working through the implications for all staff and students and will provide details soon. |
| 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 | Next open day will be 2021 | 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 | Selection of subject specific open evenings in March | 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 vast majority of learning and student enrichment activities will continue to be offered online only for the remainder of Epiphany Term (Term 2), as planned. |
| University of East London (UEL) Source: uel.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 27th Feb | All teaching and learning will be online at the start of the spring term (while the majority of timetabled teaching and learning will be online clinical practice will take place one-day per week on-campus) |
| Edge Hill University Source: edgehill.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 12th June 2021 | Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 22nd February and the roadmap out of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, the university is currently working through the details on how this will impact the University and managing the safe return to campus in line with the Government’s guidance. Higher Education provision will remain online until 8th March for all except future critical worker courses. |
| 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 | 1st,3rd March | 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 | 3rd & 17th March | 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, 2nd June | University teaching will remain online and in-person teaching will be delayed until at least mid-February for all students except for the exemptions. |
| Falmouth University Source: falmouth.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | Next open day to be announced in spring 2021 | 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 | The majority of learning experiences across the University will be provided online in Semester 1, rather than through face-to-face teaching. |
| University of Gloucestershire Source: glos.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | Planning on-campus from May | Teaching will continue to be a combination of online teaching and on-campus activity. As soon as Government restrictions allow, they will move to increased face-to-face teaching on campus. |
| Glyndwr University Source: glyndwr.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 27th Feb | 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 | 31st Mar | The Prime Minister has confirmed that some university courses requiring practical teaching, specialist facilities and on-site assessments can resume face-to-face teaching if needed from 8 March. Others will need to continue to learn online. The university is waiting for full guidance from the Department of Education, including which of their programmes will be included. |
| Robert Gordon University (RGU) Source: rgu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start (delayed start date) | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | 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 | 27th Feb | The latest Government guidance means that universities have had to move most activities online until at least mid-February although some courses - mostly education and health-related - can continue with face-to-face teaching. |
| Sheffield Hallam University Source: shu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 27th Feb, 27th Mar & 24th Apr | The university is working through the details and practicalities of the latest government guidance, and we will update students by 1 March. |
| Hartpury University Source: hartpury.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 6th Mar | Remote online learning to remain in place until the middle of February, at the earliest. |
| Heriot-Watt University Source: hw.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Edinburgh campus virtual open day and Scottish Borders have taken place. | 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 | 20th March | Learning and teaching at Herts will continue online, with some exceptions that apply to courses the Government has asked the university to prioritise for in-person teaching. |
| 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 | Online open day has taken place. | 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 | Open Days have taken place | 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 – until at least mid-February |
| Keele University Source: keele.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Register interest for next open day | Teaching and assessments will take place online until at least mid-February. |
| University of Kent Source: kent.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 1st April 2021 | 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 | 10th Apr | 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 | Next open day will be in 2021 | Some students will return to campus to resume in-person teaching alongside online learning at the beginning of term, and some will be asked to begin the term by learning online-only at first. |
| University of Law Source: law.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | The current Government guidance is that UK on campus teaching for the subject areas cannot resume until the 8th March.Timetabled classes will continue to be delivered via streamed sessions until at least the 8th March. |
| University of Leeds Source: coronavirus.leeds.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | They are currently reviewing which students can resume face-to-face practical teaching for the last three weeks of term (from 8 to 26 March) and the scope of face-to-face teaching after the Easter break. |
| Leeds Trinity University Source: leedstrinity.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Next open day will be 2021 | All previously planned on-campus teaching at Leeds Trinity will continue to be delivered online until 8 March at the earliest, following the standard online timetable |
| University of Leicester Source: le.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 27th March 2021 | 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 | 11th, 20th March | 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. |
| 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. |
| London Metropolitan University Source: londonmet.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start (delayed start date) | Online learning | Next open day to be announced | As in autumn, the vast majority of teaching will take place online, with campus access prioritised for students on highly practical courses. |
| Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) Source: qmul.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | On-demand online open day | Education will now be online for most subject areas until at least mid-February. Subject areas that can start in-person teaching are mostly in our Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, and in these areas Institutes are communicating with their students directly. |
| Regents University London Source: regents.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences on website | 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 | 27th March, 23rd June, 3rd July & 16th October | 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 | Virtual open day has taken place | Practical classes and other work requiring the use of specialist facilities will resume from 8th March. Lectures and seminars for these students will generally remain online until Easter. |
| Manchester Metropolitan University Source: mmu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 21st - 26th June | Studies will remain online until at least 8th March. |
| The University of Manchester Source: manchester.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Online open day has taken place. | 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 | Next open day to be announced | 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 | Next open day will be 2021 | The Government has announced that all university teaching must take place online until at least mid-February. |
| Maynooth University Source: maynoothuniversity.ie | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 24th Apr | 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 | 27th Feb | 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 | The government announced plans to allow some students to return to campus for present-in-person teaching from 8th March 2021. These include students where practical classes and access to specialist learning facilities are essential to achieve the learning outcomes for the programme. For all other students, your teaching and learning will be continued to be offered online. |
| Newman University Source: newman.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 6th Mar | Fully online teaching is now in place until at least mid-February. |
| University of Northampton Source: northampton.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | Online open day has taken place. | 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 | Virtual open day has taken place | All courses will be made available online for the week commencing 25th January and learn online until at least Mid-February. |
| Nottingham Trent University (NTU) Source: ntu.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 27th Feb and 20th Mar | 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 other courses will remain online until mid-April at the earliest, pending further Government review. |
| University of Nottingham Source: nottingham.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | In line with the latest ruling from the government, teaching will be delivered online until at least mid-February. |
| University of Roehampton Source: roehampton.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 7th April 2021 | Teaching for most courses will begin as planned from the week commencing 18 January 2021, but this will now be online. Face-to-face teaching will resume from mid-February, subject to further government guidance. Only students in certain subject areas (nursing and teacher education) are now permitted to start face-to-face teaching as planned. |
| 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. Postgraduate teaching will be online until at least the end of February, with a strong possibility this will continue into March |
| University of Strathclyde Source: strath.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | Learning and teaching will be online throughout January and February, in accordance with Scottish Government guidance. This will be kept under review and further information will be provided to you over the coming weeks. |
| University of Warwick Source: warwick.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Open Days will take place in Summer and Autumn Term 2021 | MBChB, Social Work and Initial Teaching Training students can continue face-to-face teaching and learning. From 8 March to the end of term 2, students with practical courses will resume some face-to-face teaching alongside existing online teaching and learning. All other courses will continue online. |
| University of the West of Scotland (UWS) Source: uws.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | In line with latest government guidance, the enhanced campus access restrictions currently in place at UWS will be extended until the end of February. A review of these arrangements will be undertaken mid-month following the First Minister’s next scheduled update. |
| University of Wolverhampton Source: wlv.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 27th March | 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 March & 27th June 2021 | They expect majority of students to return to campus from 8th March onwards. Teaching online will continue wherever possible, but those classes which demand the use of specialist facilities and which can only take place in person, will resume. |
| University of Plymouth Source: plymouth.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 3rd Mar, 24th Apr & 23rd Jun | Teaching is in line with government guidance. |
| University of Reading Source: reading.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | From Monday 8 March, they will schedule face-to-face teaching for some placement, practical and studio activities that cannot easily be replicated online. For all other students, all remaining scheduled teaching sessions will continue to be delivered online only for the rest of the spring term. |
| University of Sussex Source: sussex.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | 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 |
| University of Portsmouth Source: port.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 30th Jun & 3rd July | They will be offering a Blended Learning Approach. |
| University of Salford Source: beta.salford.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | Currently, all other students are asked not to return to campus until at least 22 February 2021. |
| University of Southampton Source: southampton.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | In- line with Government regulations, their education provision has temporarily moved online - with the exception of Medicine, Health Sciences and PGCE students. |
| University of Sunderland Source: sj.sunderland.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day experiences online | 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 | 24th April & 26th June 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 York Source: coronavirus.york.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day has taken place | On Monday 22 February the Prime Minister announced that a small number of other courses with practical or creative elements would also be able to resume access to specialist teaching spaces. All other courses will remain online. |
| University of Oxford Source: ox.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Virtual open day on website for different colleges and departments | In line with government guidance, only a small number of courses have been given specific permission to resume in-person teaching where this is essential. All teaching to take place online for the majority of courses a mixture of live streamed lectures, tutorials and classes, pre-recorded videos and online activities. |
| University of Westminster Source: westminster.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Blended learning | 13th March 2021 | Teaching will be delivered primarily online where they will deliver lectures, workshops and seminars. Practical teaching that cannot be delivered online will go ahead on campus. |
| University of Winchester Source: winchester.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 27th Feb & 20th March | Semester 2 begins on Monday 11 January with most teaching at the University taking place online until at least mid-February when the Government will review the situation. |
| 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 are being delivered online until at least 8 March 2021. Some courses are exempt and can be taught in person on campus. |
| University of Surrey Source: surrey.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 2021 dates to still be confirmed | Those students who are studying on practical courses will return to face-to-face teaching, as part of hybrid education, from 8 March. Remaining subject areas/courses will return to campus until after Easter at the earliest |
| The University of Sydney Source: sydney.edu.au | Confirmed Semester 2 start | Blended learning | Online videos to watch previous online open day recordings | 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 | 20th Mar & 19th Jun | The Ravensbourne University building is closed to all students until mid-February. All timetabled lessons during this period will continue online. |
| Solent University, Southampton Source: solent.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | Selection of virtual open days in Feb & Mar | 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 | 20th Mar | The UK Government has confirmed that practical or practice-based courses may resume elements of on-campus face-to-face teaching and learning from Monday 8 March 2021. Courses that can be delivered solely online must continue to be delivered remotely for the foreseeable future. |
| Swansea University Source: myuni.swansea.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 18th March 2021 | Universities Wales and Welsh Government have reviewed the current lockdown situation and are asking students not to return to Campus until the end of term (26th March 2021). The university will therefore be delaying in-person teaching for those not required to be here for their programmes until this time. |
| Teesside University Source: tees.ac.uk | Confirmed Sept/Oct start | Online learning | 27th Feb | Students on practical courses, who require access to specialist facilities for teaching or assessment purposes, will now be able to return to campus from 8 March. All other courses will continue to be delivered online-only until further notice. |
| 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. |