From Professor Richard Reece | Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education and Student Experience 

As outlined in my previous email on 13 November 2020, the Department for Education has set out guidance regarding a ‘Student Travel Window’ between 3-9 December 2020. This has been designed to enable you to travel home in time for Christmas, should you choose to do so, whilst enabling you and your loved ones to be as safe as possible.

We are holding a student WebChat about travel and vacation arrangements on 20 November 11.30-12.30 so do please join us if you have any questions.

The University will be stopping all face-to-face teaching by 4 December 2020 and will continue to provide teaching online until the end of the Autumn term (18 December 2020).

Your School will be able to provide further information concerning when your face-to-face teaching will stop. This information will also be available on your timetable on SDS.

• If you do not have face-to-face teaching on 3-4 December 2020, please try to travel home between 3-6 December 2020.
• If your face-to-face teaching continues until 4 December 2020, please try to travel home between 5-9 December 2020.

Where possible, please do try to travel home in your recommended departure window. This will make it easier for you to depart campus or the city centre, and should make your onward journey run more smoothly. Moreover, you are likely to find travel more straightforward if you are able to avoid the weekend (5-6 December) We do appreciate however that some of you may already have made other plans or may be intending to remain with us for longer, which you are of course very welcome to do so.

Please bear in mind that transport routes and travel providers may be very busy during this time. Some may also be running a reduced service. Please plan your journey in plenty of time and ensure you pre-book tickets should you need them.

We are working with travel providers and transport companies to find out their planned services. We will provide you with information on this as soon as available.

Please do refer to our Christmas travel and vacation arrangements FAQs for the latest information.

With my best wishes,

Richard

Professor Richard Reece | Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education and Student Experience