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Freshers Week 2020 and Covid-19: could all university teaching go online?

24 September | Students throughout the UK have been packing up and moving to university over the past couple of weeks – but what should be an incredibly exciting time has been disrupted by restrictive social distancing guidelines and local Covid-19 outbreaks.

• 24 September | Christmas on campus: students could be asked to stay at university over the holidays, scientists have warned
• 23 September | Students to go on climate strike from school on Friday 25 September
• 22 September | Students will not have to wear face masks to sit optional autumn exams

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