Universities to oversee student exodus for Christmas

An evacuation-style operation is to be mounted to get students home safely for Christmas, once the national lockdown in England ends.

Universities will work with their local public health bodies to allocate their students travel slots during between December 3 to 9 December.

Universities will have to move all teaching online from 9 December, so students can study from home.

As many students as possible will be offered rapid result COVID tests.