Information for Students and Researchers regarding January return
We would like to wish you all a safe and happy Christmas vacation and provide some important information for the festive period and January return.
We are very much looking forward to welcoming students back in January for more in person engagement opportunities.
Due to the emergence of the new Covid variant, we would encourage you to regularly check your student emails and the Welsh Government Website to be aware of any changes.
New advice to keep Wales safe this Christmas
- Get both jabs and when invited, get your booster
- Limit your contacts
- Outdoors is safer than indoors
- Do a lateral flow test before seeing others
- If you have symptoms, self-isolate and book a PCR test
- Wear a face covering
Read more about staying safe at Christmas
January Return
Before returning to your student accommodation and/or accessing campus facilities, students and researchers should test twice with Lateral Flow Tests (3 or 4 days apart) in the week before returning to Swansea University.
If you test before travel and test as close to your arrival as possible, this will significantly reduce the risk of you spreading the virus.
Please remember that you must notify MyUniSupport if you have symptoms of or have tested positive for Covid-19; or if you are isolating or quarantining.
If you are travelling to the UK from another country, you may be required to quarantine for a 10 day period. Details regarding quarantine and University support for students affected can be found here.
Learning and Teaching
Semester two timetables will be available during the week commencing 10th January. Currently the provisional timetables are still being built and are subject to change so please do not make any plans surrounding these until they have been confirmed.
Research
Research will be undertaken in a manner that is close to our pre-Covid model, rebuilding the ways of interaction between PGR students, supervisors, stakeholders and the wider research and PGR community.
Christmas Vacation Opening Times and Services
For Christmas opening times and support available over the vacation, including catering, travel and welfare arrangements please see here.
Please take care and we hope you all have a restful break.
Student Communications Coordinator Tuesday December 21st, 2021
Hi, given exams are from 3rd of Jan is there any place to study in Uni between now and then? Richard Price for example or the Digi-Tech building?
Hi there, the library is open and study spaces are available. Click here for opening times, or to book a study space. Hope this helps!
Hi, when are we going to start the second semester please?
Hi there, thanks for getting in touch. Semester 2 begins on the 24 January. You can find information about term and semester dates here. Hope this helps!