Fresh New Year guidance for students and universities includes staggered return dates and testing
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxStudents will be asked to stagger their return to universities after Christmas, the government has announced.
Fresh guidance has been issued to students and universities for their return in Janaury in order to "protect those around them and reduce transmission of Covid-19." The new advice comes as students prepare to spend the Christmas break away from their university accommodation, leaving during a 'student travel window' between December 3 and 9.The Department for Education will set out how higher education providers should manage student returns over a five-week period according to the following:All students should be offered coronavirus tests when they return to university in order to help identify and isolate those.
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