Coronavirus Information

There are a variety of symptoms which indicate you may have COVID-19. However, the main symptoms are:

• A new, continuous cough, coughing a lot for an hour, 3 coughing episodes in 24 hours
• A change in your ability to taste and smell
• High temperature

If you have one or more of these symptoms you should:

• Purchase and take a test for COVID-19 (these are available from most pharmacies and supermarkets, including the nearby Boots on Cornmarket Street)
• If positive, please return to/remain in your room and self-isolate
• If positive, call the Porters' Lodge on 01865 278900 to notify them that you have contracted COVID-19

If you are staying in College accommodation and have to self-isolate, you cannot leave your room to cook for yourself or collect external food deliveries. College will help support you. College can deliver meals from the College kitchen to your door. This option will be made available to you immediately when you start to self-isolate. We advise you to keep a limited amount of non-perishable ready-to-eat food supplies in your room in case you need to self-isolate. Please note that this does not apply to the Castle Mill Property. 

Further information is available in this leaflet: Student guide to self-isolation (SSO required).

If you are self-isolating, you can continue to access teaching on your course online, if you feel fit to do so. If you are too unwell to study, you should let your tutors know in the usual way.

If you are due to be taking in-person exams but have to self-isolate, please contact the College Registrar, Catherine Whalley, as soon as possible.

Please check the University's Coronavirus information page for up-to-date information.