The University of Edinburgh has said that undergraduate teaching and assessment will remain online for the rest of the academic year, ¡°with a small number of exceptions¡±.

The Scottish university follows the London School of Economics in cancelling in-person tuition for the remainder of 2020-21, with other campuses currently postponing face-to-face learning until Easter.

Edinburgh said that undergraduate teaching and assessment would continue to be online for the rest of the current semester, which runs until 2 April.?After the Easter break, the rest of the year is made up of a revision week and exams.

The university said that it had taken the decision?after the release of further Scottish government guidance aimed at controlling the spread of Covid-19.

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There will be exceptions for ¡°a very small number of programmes¡±, plus courses?that have already resumed some on-campus teaching.

Edinburgh said that it hoped to resume face-to-face teaching on postgraduate taught courses as soon as possible but, in the absence of certainty about when this could happen, ¡°for the vast majority of our postgraduate taught students all learning and teaching¡­will remain online until at least the end of February¡±.

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The?University of York?has announced that it will move all classroom-based teaching?, following UCL¡¯s decision to?delay in-person teaching until 22?February?at the earliest, and possibly for the rest of term.

The?University and College Union?and?members of the Westminster government¡¯s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage)?have called for all university teaching to move online for the rest of the current term.

chris.havergal@timeshighereducation.com