In-person teaching, self-isolation and vaccinations

Read a message from Claire Morgan, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education and Student Experience sent 6 January 2022.

Dear student,

I hope you had an enjoyable and relaxing Christmas break, and Happy New Year!

Wales is at ‘alert level 2’ as 2022 begins. This means extra restrictions are in place – for example, in hospitality venues – but not for Higher Education.

As such, your teaching timetable for the start of 2022 will remain largely unchanged, and we will continue to deliver in-person teaching where this has been scheduled. We will keep you informed of any changes to your teaching or wider campus experience, and as ever you should be checking your University emails regularly. This is really important if you have teaching scheduled over the next two weeks and/or you are studying at the Heath Park NHS Hospital site.

Your safety, as well as that of our staff and the wider community, remains our priority. We continue to need you to support the following safety measures:

• Take a COVID-19 test before you return to Cardiff
• Keep wearing a face covering in all indoor public areas on campus, including the Centre for Student Life (even when you’re sat down), unless your course has different guidance in place
• Make use of our COVID-19 Screening Service by booking a test when you return to Cardiff, and keep making weekly bookings thereafter
• Read the latest self-isolation guidance for Wales – it changes regularly and can differ from guidance elsewhere in the UK. If you have to self-isolate, let us know if you are self-isolating by logging into SIMS online and find out about the support available to you on the intranet
• Use the QR codes on entry to the Centre for Student Life and our Libraries to support contact tracing. The Centre for Student Life will re-open from Monday 10 January offering a combination of in-person and online services as well as flexible study spaces, while our Libraries remain open with no need to book a study space and no restrictions on access to the collections
• And finally, if you’re not already full vaccinated – this is still the most important thing you can do to protect yourself and others from COVID-19. If you missed your appointment for the booster vaccination over Christmas you should receive another appointment by 17 January 2022. You can also ask for an appointment by completing the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Leave Nobody Behind form or call them on +44(0)29 2184 1234.