UCL teaching to remain online for Term 2

In response to the latest guidance from the UK Government , I am sorry to tell you we are now planning for all teaching and other face-to-face activities to remain online for the remainder of Term Two, except for a small number of exempt courses. I wanted to give you a little more background to this decision, and to let you know how we are responding to requests for a 'no detriment' policy that recognises the impact the pandemic has had on learning. The Continuation of Online Teaching in Term Two. When I wrote to you on 2 January , we hoped that case rates would reduce to a level where we could return to in-person teaching on campus after reading week. At that time, I raised the possibility that the pandemic might force us to extend online-only teaching for longer. Sadly, that gloomier assessment has proved accurate. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to put the UK's National Health Service, our partner hospitals in London and our community under extreme pressure.