Getting DD home from uni

[Bouledeneige]

My DD is currently in Manchester and the uni have stopped face to face lectures and have brought end of term forwards to the 27th March. Since other unis are closing her friends are getting a bit jittery about going home. I have advised her to stay until we get the notification that unis are closing (or when all her friends are leaving) or we are all put into lockdown. My thinking is that she could potentially be home for the rest of the summer - I want her to get the most out of uni as once we are in lockdown I think it will be very boring and isolating for her and all of us.

Two queries in my mind are:

• will we get sufficient notice of closure/lockdown to collect her
• and what happens if at that time I or my DS have corona virus o r she does. Would we have to leave her there a couple more weeks potentially on her own and be able to collect her later.

(I won't even go into how DS will sit his A levels!).

I am having the opposite argument with my dd at Leeds uni. I really want her to come home now but she insists everything is carrying on as normal. I am worried if travel restrcitions ar eintroduced she will be stranded there. (and yes, I knw she is an adult but I'm still her Mum) I also worry that myself or dh may be ill and unable to collect her and public transport may not be running. (dh is a teacher, I work for NHS)
In contrast DS has been sent home this weekend from Cambridge Uni as all students are being advised to return home if they can - and this Cambridge who have lectures on Saturdays, dont do bank holidays and dont even allow students home for weekends in term time cause it may interupt their studies!

Zachery my dd is at Leeds University too and is also saying that everything is carrying on as normal. Her friend at Durham has returned home 2 weeks early 🤔

Cambridge who have lectures on Saturdays, dont do bank holidays and dont even allow students home for weekends in term time cause it may interupt their studies!

Full Term has finished anyway at Cambridge.

DS is in Southampton. Face to face teaching has been stopped since last Friday. I will be fetching him this coming Sunday as was arranged before the change. I can't easily get him any earlier and he doesn't want to come yet anyway. But I agree with OP I'm worrying what will happen if he gets ill before then. (There are no cases in Southampton - I'm just fretting)

My DD is at Leeds Beckett , seems to be business as usual there. She is staying as long as possible as she has a job there too. If it closes one of us will just drive (2 hours) to get her.

Correction 1 case in Southampton, confirmed yesterday

Postgrads at Cambridge are encouraged to go home if possible - for some this is difficult if international. Undergrads term has finished. Also concerned re collecting DD if either she or we get ill or travel restrictions imposed.

If the uni are doing online lectures for their students why would you not get her home now and let her do the online lectures from home?

I am in a HE work setting and we are still "business as usual" at the moment. If that changes to online then I would expect students to go home if they possibly can (international students may not be able to travel).

DS is at Oxford, he got permission to leave early as we live in the US and were worried about travel restrictions. He flew home last Wed just before it got crazy. Its lucky we did it, as they have shut down UK US travel now.

Sorry, should have said, DS at Cambridge is doing his masters so hadn't actually finished, he had various meetings/supervisions still booked in which is why I was surprised he was sent home.

We have been undecided between telling dd to stay or encouraging her to come home until yesterday when there was a confirmed case of CV on her campus. As she has a compromised immune system we went and got her there and then.

She said the last of the foreign students had left last week, and most of the UK students were expecting to leave this week. The Uni hasn't 'closed' though so there's nothing official, which means the lecturers don't have to do online lectures and there's no provision at all for students who've left early. Nothing.

It's a pretty poor show, really. No one wants there child stuck in a lonely, half empty campus at lock-down (bound to happen, the city it's in has quite a few confirmed cases).

DD goes to uni 650 miles away. She's been home after an emergency operation and was going back sometime this week. She decided last week she wanted to be at home if this kicked off, even though she loves her university city and friends.

Since then lectures gone online and exams cancelled. All her friends are leaving, even those who were going to stay the summer. She's currently on the train, has storage boxes booked for today, box collection tomorrow. She's travelling down later in the week as she can get a lift part way. However, she said she's going to be in a position to leave within two hours if she has to.

I'd say if your DD gets CV (or you have it and where planning to pick her up) that won't be possible. It seems closures and lockdowns are going into effect between and few hours and 24 hours. I'm guessing we've got another weeks grace, but keeping an eye on things. Have to say, I'm nervous about getting her home - it's the main thing that's bothereding me at the moment.

The truth is no one knows how and when a lock down happens. Students here are actually being told in Italy to stay where they are now to stop the spread and do lockdown there. At the beginning we were allowed to return to our places of residence. But it's up to the govt. Given Boris's approach, I'd imagine you'll have abundant time.

It is quite odd. We have been instructed not to go into work to work at home but my DS's school is still open and my DD has told me that the uni remains open.

My DD does fine art so doesn't have tons of lectures but she does have sessions with her supervisor and group crits. She will miss not being able to use the studios - she does quite large oil painting on canvas. She is planning to stay for the time being but I'm pretty edgy - I don't want to leave it too long before I'm prevented from driving up there.

Those at Leeds uni get them home. Do it ask forgiveness after 😂

Leeds are way behind the curve and they know it. Youngest in Toronto on year abroad from Leeds. Zero info in website at weekend and no one to contact so we decided she was coming home anyway , for fear flights would be cancelled. Today email “ well if you feel you want to come home you can “ from Leeds 😡. Not “ get on a plane like now ! And they are shutting the borders - though I think they’ll willingly spit her out 😂

Leeds trinity still “ business as usual “ for my niece on school placement but were expecting her soon as she lives in Spain and her home is 109% locked down

Exeter decided to close today, after a student tested positive on Saturday. There'll be only online lectures (and exams?!) for the time being.

Interesting about Exeter as o javemy heard from ds today although not surprising as according to ds people haven't been self isolating properly when they should. I'll expect him home then tomorrow.

** as I haven't heard from

DD got an email from the Uni, MrsP. I don't think they're closing immediately but they made the decision that they would close!

So, your ds is there too? What's he studying, dd is reading history.

He's on his way home,greatly relieved! Potentially home until September is a bit of a worry though!!

DS is at Oxford Brookes which closed today. I've been worrying quietly for a few days - I heard yesterday from him that his last housemate had left, and he was now there by himself. We're in Amsterdam, and I think I'm going to rent a car, drive over and pick him up this week. That way he can empty his room and we can get his PC back as well. The flights are now impossible, so I don't see what other options we have.

All very worrying.

I'm teetering now. She doesn't want to leave (and I am bringing her back to London so into the lions mouth) but I've told her I'm coming for her by Sunday at the latest. I've also said we will bring all her stuff back if possible as I'm not convinced it will all be over for her summer term.

DD had an email today reiterating the closure, but also saying that students should clear out their rooms. It looks like no one-s expecting them to be back this academic year. All teaching will be done online in one way or another. I hope they get a refund on their accomodation.

Interesting. DD's university is still open - apparently till next weekend - but I think it will close at the end of this week like my DS's school (currently on partial closure). We are talking daily. Most of her friends are from the north west so have short distances home from Manchester and are relaxed and sticking it out. Apart from a few house in isolation they are not really worried about much - apparently the clubs are still open!/! Nuts. Here in London the feeling that the gate is closing is very real. I will be on the road soon. She and I know she will be deathly bored at home.

Bouledeneige that's what bothers me, that dd will be bored witless at home, especially after the sort of life she's been living since September! Still, as she's in a vulnerable group......