It's interesting to read how different the experiences are at different universities - some are clearly dealing with this year's challenges much better than others.
Glad to hear that many young people are settling OK; for those who aren't, I hope they get there soon (in particular, thesunwillout, I feel your pain).
DS didn't settle well, and wasn't coping, so he's come home for safety's sake (he has MH issues). The Welfare team have been brilliant, are completely behind him, and we're hoping that we can get him back on track and he'll feel ready to go back in a few weeks, assuming they don't shut everything down! The aim is for him to study at home in the meantime so he doesn't get left behind - given that most learning is online anyway that should be feasible in the short term.
I have a completely different question - has anyone used a courier, or SendMyBag, or anyone else, to ship extra stuff off to a student? DD (now in her third year) left several of her bags behind (groceries from last year e.g. tins of tuna), and she's also had a few mail order packages delivered here, so I'd like to get them to her.
We'd thought about driving over to deliver them, but now that DH has been down to Exeter to fetch DS, it doesn't seem a great idea to risk spreading virus from one university to another. None of us have any reason to believe that we're infected, but there have been cases at Exeter, and of course there were motorway stops on the journey, so it just seems more sensible not to go anywhere for a few days.