Students have started uni without visiting the place that will become their home for the next few years. i didn t know what it was going to be like at all. i was saying to my mum, what if i get up there and i hate it? i could be completely like out of my depth. but no, i m loving it so far. i went to uni last year and i studied a different course. it was quite similar. but obviously, being a creative course, online, it wasjust so difficult. but already i was saying, i had about a week, not even a week. two days. the government is urging universities to provide face to face teaching this term, but some universities are keeping those in large groups online. at the university of bolton, all lectures are on campus. there is a vaccination bus, and students are advised to do covid tests twice a week. people want face to face more than anything else, so we are encouraging everybody to come on campus in a safe way, following the measures we ve still got in place. of course, they can still stre
Experience. online, it is about a campus based experience, but it gives someone the reassurance experience, but it gives someone the reassurance of they have to isolate they can reassurance of they have to isolate they can catch up on coursework, and we have they can catch up on coursework, and we have all they can catch up on coursework, and we have all the measures on campus, from bikes we have all the measures on campus, from bikes to we have all the measures on campus, from bikes to commute, to scanners, to one-way from bikes to commute, to scanners, to one way systems, to track and trace to one way systems, to track and trace on to one way systems, to track and trace on the to one way systems, to track and trace on the desk so we can identify if someone trace on the desk so we can identify if someone needs to isolate. the key message if someone needs to isolate. the key message is if someone needs to isolate. the key message is that the more students that do
All lectures are on campus. there is a vaccination bus, and students are advised to do covid tests twice a week. people want face to face more than anything else, so we are encouraging everybody to come on campus in a safe way, following the measures we ve still got in place. of course, they can still stream. so, if somebody did have to isolate or have to be away from university, because there are clinically vulnerable people who don t want to attend, then they can stream it themselves if they want to. covid has had a huge impact on many aspects of student life. here in bolton, the university is offering financial support for international students. a lot of students who are on the red list countries, for all of them, the university s paying the quarantine charges, so i think that s a big relief for them when they come. freshers week marks the start of university life, a chance to enjoy new friendships and freedom. with the disruption of the past 18 months, it will also feel like a fr