Loughborough University is to suspend face to face lectures in response to the coronavirus

Teaching will continue as normal until close of play today.

Vice-Chancellor Bob Allison has revealed the measures being taken as a precaution.

He said: "From Monday 16th March we shall suspend ‘normal’ lecturing activity. By this we mean a learning activity led by an individual member of staff presenting to a group of students in a lecture theatre setting. We have asked academic colleagues to make best efforts to ensure that instead, lecture material is online within 24 hours of the scheduled session and made available through Learn in the normal way. There will still be opportunities to ask teaching staff questions.

In the short term, moving traditional lectures online will free up timetable slots which can be used instead to prioritise activities which are more difficult to replace virtually, such as students undertaking work in laboratories / studios and seminars / interactive discussions, which are still taking place. Please note that the short-term position may change rapidly.

The Library and other teaching and learning facilities will remain open for the time being."