COVID-19

In a move by the University to try keep students safe and campuses open, a new walk in Covid-19 testing centre has opened on University Park, next to the Hugh Stewart and Cripps Hall Car Park....

As part of the Labour Party's virtual public meeting series, 'Call with Kier', today, the Leader of the Labour Party, Kier Starmer, launched his first discussion targetted specifically at first year university students and their parents. Impact's News Editor Lauren McGaun reports. ...

Gavin Williamson confirms students will be allowed to return home this Christmas time. Impact’s Abi Kara-Fernandes reports....

Lujain explores why COVID-19 is rarely transmitted through food packaging...

Matthew Bird There’s a special feeling when the houselights dim and the curtains lift. There’s a stirring in your stomach and a prickling of goosebumps as the orchestra performs the overture as a taste of what’s to come. The show is about to begin. Sadly, the pandemic has led...

Robyn Walford In recent years, solo trips have been on the increase with one in six (15%) people deciding to head off by themselves according to ABTA. Post lockdown, it was the second most common search related to holidays, and not just because we’d all had enough of each...

 Lauren McGaun Today, the University announced that it is currently developing an in-house testing service to tackle the asymptomatic transmission of Coronavirus as students and staff return to campus. Whilst evidence is mixed on the extent of asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19, scientists have suggested that up to 80% of...