THIS is where Southampton residents can get free lateral flow tests each week in a bid to help stop the spread of the virus. The rapid-result lateral flow tests (LFT) have so far only been offered to frontline and essential workers who can’t work from home, as well as schoolchildren and their families. But now, the tests are being offered to everyone free of charge in a bid to tackle the coronavirus crisis. The test kits are easy to use and require people to simply swab their nose and throat then wait 20 to 30 minutes for a result, which they register with NHS test and trace through the NHS Covid-19 app or website.
STUDENTS at state schools and colleges have seen the successful launch of the 2021 HE+ Programme, run by Cambridge University with Peter Symonds College acting as a regional hub. The HE+ Programme is designed to challenge talented Year 12 students to raise their academic aspirations through a series of lectures, workshops and events offered by Cambridge University. More than 500 Year 12 students will take part in the HE+ Programme, which due to Covid-19 restrictions will be online. Students from Peter Symonds will work with those from Bitterne Park School, Andover/Sparsholt College, Bay House, Brockenhurst College, Itchen College, Oaklands Catholic School, Portsmouth College, HSDC in Alton and Havant/South Downs, Ringwood, Richard Taunton College and St Anne’s Catholic School for the extension programme involving university-style lectures and additional support offered by Trinity College, Cambridge.