Is your university going online due to Coronavirus?

UWE has just announced there switching to online classes and everyone is packing up their stuff to move home but I have a problem transporting all my stuff back. Is anyone in the same boat & are going to have to leave things in campus accommodation and coming to get in at a later date?

Just had an email saying our final year show is cancelled rather than postponed.

Problem is, that's not really possible to implement fully. There is a (slim) chance some students may not have a webcam/microphone or they may simply deny access and pretend they don't have one. So unless the uni are going to supply computers/accessories (impossible if some students are abroad etc) then this technically can't really work. I'd anticipate the majority of exams will need to go ahead on an open-book basis.

Sorry to hear that, I saw you were looking forward to it :/

Just read an email that graduation ceremonies in July have been cancelled as well. All the years up to it envisaging that moment and we will not have it. Absolutely sucks.
Incredibly OTT for the uni to be closed that long imo.

They are covering their own asses. Their priorities are that they don't get into trouble but still get graduates to make their numbers look good. Chances are everything will still be a **** show then anyway.

My exam has been changed to an assignment!!!

UoB still can’t decide what they want to do. We’re approaching exams so I’d like a definitive answer.

As an international student who absolutely need to go back to my home country during Easter break (and my Uni is on OP's list)...I'm feeling absolutely overwhelmed right now.
I got the email that all assessments will be online at 4+ pm.
I really can't even begin to think what to do if I can't come back to UK after the break. Idk if I want to cut short my accommodation contract (or if I can do so). What to do with my stuff (initial plan was to sell some of the bulky items through my dissertation period). The sort of networking that I was hoping to be one of the value-add to my degree is in shambles. I might need to give up on my job hunt in the UK (so need to make sure I bring the job-hunting relevant documents/workwear back = take up my already pitiful luggage allowance).

I have only about 3 days to decide what to do and take action. And I've a quiz (remote) tomorrow.

UWE has just announced there switching to online classes and everyone is packing up their stuff to move home but I have a problem transporting all my stuff back. Is anyone in the same boat & are going to have to leave things in campus accommodation and coming to get in at a later date?

Volunteer Note: For advice, guidance and up-to-date information on Coronavirus/COVID-19, please check out the NHS, UK Government, and Mind (mental health) web-pages.

Today and earlier this week universities have announced total closures, or reductions to timetables in the wake of COVID-19. Some of the institutions have also announced plans to potentially delay summer graduations.

Some of these closures are having an immediate effect.

Obviously this is a stressful time for everyone, especially those whose assessments may be affected.

Has your university announced they'll be closed?

Have they explained how you might be affected?

Do you feel that this action is justified, or that your university isn't going far enough?

Post your thoughts below.


Universities stopping face-to-face teaching so far include:

- Aberdeen
- Anglia Ruskin
- Aston
- Brunel
- Bangor*
- Bristol (anecdotal)
- Birkbeck
- (Potentially) Uni of Birmingham
- City, Uni of London.
- Coventry
- Durham
- Dundee
- DeMontford
- Derby
- Essex
- East Anglia (UAE)*
- Edge Hill
- Edinburgh
- Exeter
- Edinburgh Napier*
- Glasgow
- Glasgow Caledonian*
- Greenwich
- Goldsmiths*
- Heriot-Watt*
- Harper Adams (anecdotal)
- Highlands and Islands
- Huddersfield*
- Imperial
- KCL
- Kent*
- Keele
- Kingston*
- Leicester
- Lancaster
- LSE
- Loughborough
- Lincoln
- Leeds
- Liverpool
- Liverpool JMU
- Liverpool Hope
- London Met*
- MMU
- Middlesex*
- Newcastle*
- Northumbria
- Nottingham
- Nottingham Trent
- Oxford Brookes*
- Portsmouth
- Queen Mary
- Queen Margaret*
- Queens University Belfast
- Regent's London*
- Roehampton*
- Royal Holloway
- Southampton
- Sheffield
- Swansea
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Strathclyde
- Teesside
- UClan*
- UCL
- Westminster
- Warwick
- York (post-Easter)

*according to WonkHE

(Possibly) Cambridge soon

Sunderland have recalled some placement students.

(Correct as of 14:39, 16th March)

NB: All unis listed above are listed due to posts below. I am not claiming to have seen email screenshots from every institution and if you feel any of the above information is incorrect please post saying so, and we will get to the truth.

Have to agree - UoB are being very slow - from the pov of the Medical School, I wish they would take a leaf out of other medical schools' books - especially for 1st years - it is a relatively low proportion who do not pass those exams so it would make sense to let them just progress - with those that have OSCEs then they would have to be rearranged - it seems a nonsense that some medical schools are doing one thing and others another when they are all supposed to be overseen by the GMC....

Volunteer Note: For advice, guidance and up-to-date information on Coronavirus/COVID-19, please check out the NHS, UK Government, and Mind (mental health) web-pages.

Today and earlier this week universities have announced total closures, or reductions to timetables in the wake of COVID-19. Some of the institutions have also announced plans to potentially delay summer graduations.

Some of these closures are having an immediate effect.

Obviously this is a stressful time for everyone, especially those whose assessments may be affected.

Has your university announced they'll be closed?

Have they explained how you might be affected?

Do you feel that this action is justified, or that your university isn't going far enough?

Post your thoughts below.


Universities stopping face-to-face teaching so far include:

- Aberdeen
- Anglia Ruskin
- Aston
- Brunel
- Bangor*
- Bristol (anecdotal)
- Birkbeck
- (Potentially) Uni of Birmingham
- City, Uni of London.
- Coventry
- Durham
- Dundee
- DeMontford
- Derby
- Essex
- East Anglia (UAE)*
- Edge Hill
- Edinburgh
- Exeter
- Edinburgh Napier*
- Glasgow
- Glasgow Caledonian*
- Greenwich
- Goldsmiths*
- Heriot-Watt*
- Harper Adams (anecdotal)
- Highlands and Islands
- Huddersfield*
- Imperial
- KCL
- Kent*
- Keele
- Kingston*
- Leicester
- Lancaster
- LSE
- Loughborough
- Lincoln
- Leeds
- Liverpool
- Liverpool JMU
- Liverpool Hope
- London Met*
- MMU
- Middlesex*
- Newcastle*
- Northumbria
- Nottingham
- Nottingham Trent
- Oxford Brookes*
- Portsmouth
- Queen Mary
- Queen Margaret*
- Queens University Belfast
- Regent's London*
- Roehampton*
- Royal Holloway
- Southampton
- Sheffield
- Swansea
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Strathclyde
- Teesside
- UClan*
- UCL
- Westminster
- Warwick
- York (post-Easter)

*according to WonkHE

(Possibly) Cambridge soon

Sunderland have recalled some placement students.

(Correct as of 14:39, 16th March)

NB: All unis listed above are listed due to posts below. I am not claiming to have seen email screenshots from every institution and if you feel any of the above information is incorrect please post saying so, and we will get to the truth.

Durham moving to online exams, all written exams will be 48 hours, most due in on the date the original exam was meant to be
I have 4 exams in 5 days so this'll be interesting I think my exam season is going to be extended...

what course are you studying? im really curious about what my exams will look like, one of my exams has turned into a open book exam with 48 hours

Is 48 hours university wide or just your school?