What the new UK national restrictions mean for your education

A message from Professor Michael Arthur, President & Provost, and Carol Paige, Democracy, Operations and Community Officer, Students' Union UCL about how the new rules will affect your education. The UK Government has announced new national restrictions from Thursday 5 November , so we are writing to explain what this will mean for everyone at UCL. First, we want to thank you for your commitment and engagement with your studies during these challenging times. We'd also like to thank those of you who are coming onto campus for the calm, purposeful way that you are using our libraries and study spaces and attending your face-to-face sessions. In line with the Government's announcement, UCL will remain open, continuing to operate in a COVID-secure way. Our libraries, study spaces, halls of residence and some limited takeaway catering facilities will remain open. Your core teaching is already online, and this will continue for the rest of term, so that you can access all you need to learn to complete your modules successfully, wherever you are in the world. Activity that must be delivered face-to-face for you to achieve your learning outcomes will continue; Face-to-face education activity will continue where feasible, but we expect that these government-imposed national restrictions will impact on the ability of teachers to deliver as much face-to-face activity as had been planned; Where face-to-face sessions are no longer feasible, the content will be transferred online so there is no adverse impact on the education you receive; Your Students' Union will continue to run events and activities on and offline.