As you will know, the Government has announced that students will be able to travel to their family home for the Christmas break.
Students who do wish to return home for the holiday should travel during the ‘travel window’ from 3rd to 9th December. To facilitate student plans, universities will provide (with the exception of certain exempt courses, details of which will be advised by Government in the next few days) all teaching online from 9th December until the end of the winter term, which at Lincoln is 18th December. We will work with our local public health professionals to develop further travel advice.
In addition, the Government has asked universities to express interest in ‘lateral flow tests’ for their students. This is a faster test for coronavirus. The University has put in an expression of interest in being able to provide these tests. However, Government has indicated that they will prioritise regions with universities with higher rates of infections and Government will determine which universities receive the tests.
We are aware that some students will wish to remain in Lincoln over the Christmas period and the University will provide support for students who wish to do so.
We will update our students and staff as soon as we have more information.