Welcoming students in September 2022

We’re committed to helping our students benefit from all that university life has to offer, while putting in place measures to protect our community’s safety and wellbeing.

As a campus university, we are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive community, based primarily in face-to-face learning on our active and vibrant campus. The benefits to your learning outcomes and your overall experience mean that your teaching will mainly be in-person. We also make the most of digital opportunities to enhance your learning experience.

Our facilities are open for you to enjoy when you arrive on campus. You’ll have full access to our  Library, SportsPark, places to eat and drink, and our Student’s Union, RUSU.

You’ll have a range of engaging, interactive sessions depending on your discipline, such as tutorials, seminars, laboratory and practical work, workshops, group work, and lectures.

We work closely with our students to help inform our approach to teaching and learning and we’ve learned a lot about what you value in digital learning. We draw on the strengths of technology-enhanced teaching methods tailored to your subject to provide you with an excellent learning experience to get the most out of your course. Well-designed digital activities and resources can allow you to study more flexibly and bring variety and interest to your course. They also allow you to build useful skills that you can use throughout your life like independent working and collaboration.

We design our programmes to be inclusive, respecting diversity, enabling participation, and removing barriers. We are also committed to using the opportunities that technology provides to deliver teaching in environmentally sustainable ways.

We are making some changes to ensure our students get the best possible experience during their time at Reading, most of which will be implemented from 2024/25. Find out more about this programme on our Essentials site.

The safety and wellbeing of our community is priority.

Our teaching and research activity and our campus environment are in line with the current government guidelines on living with COVID-19. Any new COVID-19 safety measures will be communicated to you as soon as possible, should these be necessary because of local circumstance or new measures introduced by the UK government.

Throughout the pandemic we have introduced health and safety measures as appropriate, sometimes going beyond government guidance to help our students and staff feel safe and comfortable on campus.

Current measures include: 

• encouraging the wearing of face coverings when in crowded places or when moving around inside buildings
• reporting mechanisms for those who have tested positive for or suspect they have COVID-19 
• reduced capacity in lifts
• hand sanitiser stations across campus
• enhanced cleaning regimes 

We have always supported our students in their transition to university life and study and you’ll be supported by a wide range of teams, both academically and personally. We work closely across the university with feedback from students on developing the best study and support resources to get you settled in and start university life well.

Before you arrive, you’ll have access to our Study Smart course, designed to help you get the most out of your studies.

When you arrive, you’ll have an Academic Tutor who can guide you on academic matters and help you find other support if you need it. We have lots of other teams dedicated to supporting you throughout your time with us.