How your course will be delivered

We understand that you may have questions about how your course will be delivered in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. We've summarised the main points below.

Key points

Xaverian College teaching

In line with the current UK government and Health and Safety Executive guidance, work is currently underway to ensure that teaching is moved to blended teaching platforms so that social distancing guidance is followed.

Xaverian College intends to deliver a proportion of Foundation Year teaching face-to-face at the college while adhering to current social distancing restrictions. The remainder of teaching will take place online.

The proportion of face-to-face teaching delivered by the college will be informed by the current situation around COVID-19 and will always be led with the safety or students and staff at the forefront.

University foundation year teaching

  • Seminars and practical work will be entirely online in semester 1.
  • Online activities to introduce practical techniques, experimental design and data analysis have been specially designed to equip you with the necessary skills for laboratory-based classes when you begin your degree after the Foundation Year.
  • We are assessing whether we can deliver some tutorial sessions in a face-to-face setting.
  • One-to-one meetings with academic advisors and tutors should also be possible, if both parties are happy to do this.

Students who are unable to attend in person will be able to engage with their studies online in Semester 1. This applies both to Xaverian College and University teaching.

Local guidelines at The University of Manchester and the Xaverian College adhere at all times to government guidelines concerning social distancing.

However, these may vary and students should make themselves familiar with the local guidelines, and keep abreast of any changes to the guidelines during the academic year.

While we will endeavour to run programmes as advertised, there is a possibility that some course units may not run exactly as currently advertised.

Potential changes could include alternatives in assessment methods, syllabus or replacement units.