We currently plan to deliver the vast majority of your programme in person, which follows the government guidance for schools and colleges. 

During the pandemic, we did learn a lot about online learning and there'll be a very small amount of delivery online for some programmes where we believe there is a benefit to you and your learning. Examples include: having the option of in-person or online one-to-one tutorials, learning support sessions or careers appointments to suit your preferences; some BTEC exam revision sessions* recorded and online to allow you to revisit or access them later (if you are at a sports fixture for example); and small amounts of pre-practical session homework, to allow you to make the most of your practical time in the lesson. 

We'll also deliver your timetable online during exam periods to allow lessons to continue around the exams – this will be kept to a minimum but allows lessons to continue over the exam periods (rather than pausing the timetable, which some colleges / schools decide to do). A-level Year 2 exam study time sits outside of this.

Your tutor will advise you of your timetable during your induction session. 

*applies to select courses. 

We're working hard to ensure that your experience represents as near to a ‘normal’ year as possible for our college students, including sport and other extra-curricular activities. We pride ourselves on providing you with not only your main course, but also a significant ‘wrap around’ of enrichment, employability and personal development opportunities under our ‘Hartpury Certificate Plus Programme’. 

We've also taken our learnings from the pandemic alongside student and parent feedback to retain some of the positive features of our online experiences to enhance your time at Hartpury with the #puryfamily. 

FOR ALL NEW STUDENTS:

To ensure a smooth enrolment process, please read carefully and follow the information below:

• All students and their accompanying parent/guardian/carer to show a copy of a negative COVID-19 test to the welcome staff on arrival (taken within 48 hours of arrival on campus)
• Students enrolling to be accompanied by only 1 parent/guardian/carer to minimise the number of people in the enrolment hall
• Please queue from the welcome point at your allocated time (and not before) – provided in your joining instructions
• Masks to be worn at all times (unless exempt).

FOR RETURNING STUDENTS ARRIVING BACK TO RESIDENTIAL ONSITE ACCOMMODATION ONLY: 

To ensure a smooth process, please read carefully and follow the information below:

• All returning residential students and their accompanying parent/guardian/carer must show a copy of a negative COVID-19 test to the welcome staff on arrival (taken within 48 hours of arrival on campus)
• Students returning to accommodation to be accompanied by only 1 parent/guardian/carer to minimise the number of people in the enrolment hall
• Please queue from the welcome point at your allocated time (and not before) – this will be provided in a separate email from the accommodation team shortly.
• Masks to be worn at all times (unless exempt).

We successfully put in place a range of measures last academic year and intend to continue with many of these where relevant in 2021-22.

• Testing arrangements (before arrival, on arrival, ongoing etc) 
• Student engagement in the vaccination programme when eligible (see: ‘Do I have to have a COVID-19 vaccination to study at Hartpury College?’)
• Operating our own Track & Trace system alongside the NHS system.
• Continuing with extra cleaning, ventilating, and hand sanitising precautionary measures.
• We will continue to operate Mask Zones within certain areas of campus. 
• We will be risk-assessing all activities – put in place measures on case-by-case basis.

Our experience from last year demonstrated the value and success of these measure across our campus.

COVID-19 vaccinations are available to all in England aged 16 and over.

We strongly encourage you to have your vaccinations as soon as possible, if you’ve not already done so. The vaccine helps to protect you, others around you, and will help us to resume normality.

Please also read carefully the FAQ in this section ‘Do I have to have a COVID-19 vaccination to study at Hartpury College?’

You don't need to book and you don't need to wait to be invited to get your vaccine. If you're registered with a GP, you can book your appointment through the National Booking Service website or by phoning 119.

The NHS has published a comprehensive set of FAQs for university students. These include questions about the following and more:

• how to get a vaccine if you're not registered with a GP
• what to do if you're in a different location from where you are registered with a GP
• what to do if you're an international student who has had the first dose of a vaccine not available in the UK

The NHS Vaccine FAQs for students in Higher Education also apply to students aged 18 and over at College-level: Access the COVID-19 vaccination FAQs for students in higher education.

Our expectation is that all eligible students** will engage and take up their vaccinations as soon as they are given the opportunity.

In order to benefit from the most effective protection against COVID-19, it is a mandatory requirement that all eligible students in onsite residential accommodation will engage in the COVID-19 vaccination programme and have both doses of the vaccine when made available to them. This also applies to students who wish to join/continue with Hartpury’s sports activities outside of timetabled academic sessions, and those who wish to use Hartpury’s livery.

College students aged 16 and 17 who live in onsite residential accommodation will be required to evidence at least one vaccination dose before their return after the autumn 2021 half term, in order to move back into onsite accommodation. This date also applies to students aged 16 or 17 who wish to join/continue with Hartpury’s sports activities outside of timetabled academic sessions, and those who wish to use Hartpury’s livery.

College students aged 18 and over who live in onsite residential accommodation will be required to evidence at least one vaccination dose in order to enrol and move into accommodation at the start of the academic year in September 2021. This date also applies to students aged 18 or over who wish to join/continue with Hartpury’s sports activities outside of timetabled academic sessions, and those who wish to use Hartpury’s livery.

Students who are not intending to engage with the vaccination programme will still be able to access their programme of learning onsite, but will not be able to reside in Hartpury onsite accommodation.

Whilst we appreciate that some 16 and 17-year-old college students, or students from outside of the UK, may not yet have received their invitation for COVID-19 vaccines, it is important for all students to follow our testing regime to benefit from engaging in student social events, to join sports squads and use our livery.

All onsite residential and livery students and sports team members must engage with COVID-19 testing at our asymptomatic test centre every 3-5 days (details of how to book tests will be sent directly to students).

**(Students who cannot have a vaccine due to medical exemptions – please email covidresponse@hartpury.ac.uk if you are classed as medically exempt).

Find out more about why we have taken this decision here.

It protects you.

Vaccination is one of the most effective defences against COVID-19. It protects from infection, transmission and serious ill-health from COVID-19.

It protects others.

This isn't just about you. Many of our family and friends have conditions preventing them from developing an effective immune response to vaccination. This makes them highly vulnerable to COVID-19. The vaccines help limit transmission of the virus and you'll protect others by having your vaccine as soon as you're eligible.

It'll help you lead a ‘normal’ life.

Being vaccinated will mean you can benefit from the change in self-isolation rules on 16 August 2021, when double vaccinated adults will no longer need to self-isolate if they're identified as a close contact of someone with COVID-19. You'll also benefit from rules on international travel and in the future you may benefit in terms of rules on hospitality, entertainment and sporting events.

It’s safe.

COVID-19 vaccines have been developed using science that has been around for decades. The vaccines approved for use in the UK have met strict and rigorous standards of safety, quality and effectiveness. The clinical trials were carried out more rapidly than for other vaccines by conducting some of the steps in parallel rather than sequentially and vaccine safety has not been compromised.

Despite some myths on social media, the vaccine cannot give you COVID-19, it cannot alter your DNA, and is necessary even for those who have had COVID-19 (this will not provide you with protection).

So you can have the best experience at Hartpury.

We want you to have the best possible experience at Hartpury, whilst keeping our community safe, and reducing the likelihood of lockdowns and isolation in our accommodation on campus. 

Our expectation is that all eligible students** will engage and take up their vaccinations as soon as they are given the opportunity.

In order to benefit from the most effective protection against COVID-19, it is a mandatory requirement that all eligible students in onsite residential accommodation will engage in the COVID-19 vaccination programme and have both doses of the vaccine when made available to them.

**(Students who cannot have a vaccine due to medical exemptions – please email covidresponse@hartpury.ac.uk if you are classed as medically exempt).

Trips are an important part of your programme, designed to enhance your experience and provide valuable learning opportunities, and we're planning for these to go ahead, supplemented by guest speakers from industry. International trips and placements will be carefully reviewed on an individual basis in-line with any government travel restrictions. We're also working with our employers and are currently planning for your work experience to go ahead too.

You can find out about the latest open events and book you place here.

Yes. Students who are travelling to the UK from overseas will need to pay regard to and comply with border measures that have been introduced to help prevent transmission of COVID-19.

Different restrictions apply to students arriving from overseas, depending on whether they qualify as fully vaccinated or have travelled from or through a red list country in the last 10 days.

Students will need to comply with the measures, depending on which country they have departed from/travelled through and their vaccination status.

Full information on travelling to England from another country during COVID-19 can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-to-england-from-another-country-during-coronavirus-covid-19#red-list

Hartpury students and applicants will be fully supported throughout this process by our dedicated international manager. Please contact international@hartpury.ac.uk

As with students currently in the UK, all international students arriving from September will be eligible for a vaccination. Anybody aged 16 or over in the UK is eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination for free, regardless of their nationality or immigration status. More information is available from the NHS website, including information on which vaccine you may receive.