If you are a student or a member of staff and have symptoms of Covid-19 or have had a positive test
Report it to us. Please look at the new FAQs to familiarise yourself with what to do in case you need to report symptoms or a positive test in the future.
Covid-19 Testing Centre
The University will be operating a testing centre for staff and students who currently have no symptoms of Covid-19. It will be open from 30 November to 9 December. Read more.
Our campus is a Covid-secure environment and is now open for teaching, research and student support, with Covid-19 precautions in place.
If you need to get in touch with a member of staff please do this by email. You can find email details under the relevant section of our website. If you do not know details of who you need to contact, our switchboard (01484 422288) is now operating from 8.30am-5pm, Monday to Thursday, and 8.30-4pm on Fridayand will be able to assist you. Outside these times please email iPoint@hud.ac.uk who will pass your query on to the relevant person. The campus will not be open to visitors for the time being.
Please note that suppliers will no longer be able to deliver to, or work on campus unless special arrangements have been made in advance. If you have any queries regarding this or you need to discuss this with a member of the Procurement Team please e-mail procurement@hud.ac.uk
Find more information for parents, carers and families of current students
Information for parents, carers and families of current students
How will students be supported in their Halls in the event of needing to self-isolate?
The University has put together a self-isolation guide to support students. This includes practical guidance, arrangements for digital drop in sessions and information of how to get in touch with student wellbeing services.
We have developed a care pack containing essential supplies to sustain students through the early part of any isolation. This gives students time to arrange grocery deliveries and make support arrangements.
Each Hall provider has arrangements in place to support self-isolation related to student wellbeing, delivery of groceries, laundry and hygiene routines. We maintain close contact with hall providers to identify any emerging student needs.
Will students be able to travel home at Christmas?
The University will continue to follow current government guidance. Asking students to remain in halls over Christmas is not government guidance. The risks of corona virus spreading as students disperse at Christmas has been raised by SAGE, however there is no general constraint on students returning home at Christmas.
Where a student has tested positive, is symptomatic or is required to self-isolate due to close contact they will be required to self-isolate in their current residence. If this happens around the Christmas period the legal requirement to self-isolate may impact on their ability to travel to or from University accommodation whilst they self-isolate.
We will actively monitor the situation in the run up to Christmas and give due consideration to the measures that will allow students to travel and be with families at this time.
If students can’t travel home at Christmas, how will they be supported at this time?
Halls of residence have procedures in place to support any student who needs to self-isolate at any point, and our wellbeing services are also on hand to offer support, and practical assistance.
Can students travel home to visit family during term time?
Students who relocate to a new property in order to study form a new household and establish a new group of people who they live with on a permanent basis. This means seeing friends and family outside their new household must be undertaken in line with the government guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19): Meeting with others safely (social distancing). This means that when seeing friends and family you do not live with you should:
meet in groups of 6 or less
follow social distancing rules when you meet up
limit how many different people you see socially over a short period of time
meet people outdoors where practical
Additionally extra local restrictions are in place across Kirklees from Tuesday 22 September. This means if you live in Kirklees
You cannot meet or host people you do not live with in private homes or gardens unless they are in your support bubble.
You cannot visit someone else's home or garden even if they live outside of Kirklees, unless they are in your support bubble.
Additionally, the government has advised Kirklees residents should not socialise with people you do not live with, unless they are in your support bubble, in any public venue.
Consequently, during term time students, resident in Kirklees, are not able to visit or stay in homes other than their established household (ie the fellow students who they live with). Visiting family members should be undertaken in line with the existing rules, in practice this means during term time students will only be able to meet family members outside for short periods of time where the total group size is 6 or under.
We strongly advise you review the current government guidance in advance of making any visit plans.
I’m worried about my family member at University coping with self-isolation or lock down. Can they return to their family home?
Government guidance says that students should remain in their current accommodation and not travel home to self-isolate, this is to prevent the virus spreading. The University and halls have a range of support for students who need to self-isolate, you can find full details here.
In general terms students should self-isolate in their current household and not move.
The government has published guidance for those with learning disabilities, autism or serious mental illness, it details that not all stay at home and social distancing measures will be possible if you, or those you are living with, have significant conditions such as learning disabilities, autism or serious mental illness. Health practitioners and family members will need to evaluate care plans and the competing risks of exposure to the virus and an individuals’ wellbeing if considering changing the location of self-isolation.
Additionally the government has set out if you do not feel safe at home and are at risk of abuse that there is help and support available to you.. You can leave your home or be outside to access critical public services, or to move home where your safety is at risk. If you are in immediate danger, call 999 and ask for the police. The police will continue to respond to emergency calls.
Can students commute to University?
Students can commute to attend university but must follow national and local Kirklees rules and guidance.
What rules are there for students who have moved into accommodation away from home?
Students must follow national and local Kirklees rules and guidance.
