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COVID-19: Important information for students

If you are an enrolled student, you will receive regular updates from us via email. Please do not ignore these emails as they may contain important information about how your course will be delivered in the coming months, and what may be expected of you.

As of January 2021, a national ‘Stay at Home’ (national lockdown) order is in place across the country to prevent the spread of a new, more infectious variant of the COVID-19 virus.

Under current restrictions, all Higher Education providers in the UK are required to deliver programmes online from the start of January until further notice, with face-to-face teaching permitted only for certain subjects. A review of these arrangements is due in mid-February.

FSB delivers Health and Social Care courses, for which face-to-face teaching is permissible. However, the School has determined that all of our programmes should be delivered online for the duration of the current lockdown.

We feel that this is in the best interests of our academic community.

The School will keep all essential campus facilities, such as libraries and study areas open for any students that need to use them at this time. All of our facilities have had COVID-safe modifications made to them and are regularly cleaned, with safe distancing and face coverings enforced.

Should be You will continue to have full access to your Personal Academic Tutor and the School’s support services while studying remotely.

We understand that these are difficult circumstances, however FSB remains committed to providing a high-quality academic experience and we encourage you to keep in regular contact with us about how we can do things better. Please do not hesitate to contact studentsupport@fairfield.ac if you have any concerns or suggestions.

The Office for Students has produced comprehensive guidance for students commencing or returning to study in in January 2021, which can be read here.                                                       

 

Last Update January 2021

FSB Coronavirus Helpdesk

Email: healthinfo@fairfield.ac
Telephones:
London 020 8681 8305
Birmingham 0121 6341590

Latest Government Advice on Caronavirus

Coming into campus and using our facilities

At this time, we recommend that you only come into if you need to use our or library facilities, IT equipment or quiet study spaces.

When on the premises you must:

  • follow all instructions given to you by campus staff or on posters and signs around the building, and stick to the one-way system in place
  • wash your hands regularly (sanitation stations are placed throughout the building)
  • maintain social distancing and not congregate in groups or obstruct entrances or communal areas
  • wear a face covering at all times unless you are exempt

Eating and drinking are prohibited in classroom and library areas.

On public transport:

If you use public transport to come to campus, remember that it is a legal requirement for you to wear a face covering at all times unless you are exempt.

More information on wearing face coverings can be found here:

If you have COVID-19 symptoms

Stay at home, self-isolate and request a test.

You MUST NOT come into campus if you are experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19 or even symptoms associated with normal cold or flu. The above applies regardless of whether or not you have had a positive COVID test.

Anyone with COVID symptoms who requests a test must self-isolate immediately by law.

Further guidance on how and when to self-isolate can be found here

You should contact studentsupport@fairfield.ac to report any of the following to us:

  • that you or someone you live with has tested positive for COVID and you must self-isolate
  • that you are experiencing symptoms but are awaiting a test result
  • are not able to attend campus for health or wellbeing reasons (or other personal or logistical reasons related to COVID)

If your test is positive, you are required by law to continue your self-isolation for at least 10 days; anyone in your household will be required to self-isolate for 14 days. Public Health officials will then get in touch to identify any “close contacts” who live outside of your household.

A ‘close contact’ is a person who has been close to someone who has tested positive for COVID anytime from 2 days before the person was symptomatic up to 7 days from the onset of symptoms (this is when they are infectious to others). This could be a person who:

  • spends significant time in the same household
  • is a sexual partner
  • has had face-to-face contact (within one metre), including:
  • being coughed on
  • having skin-to-skin physical contact, or
  • contact within one metre for one minute
  • has been within 2 metres of someone who has tested positive for COVID for more than 15 minutes
  • has travelled with them in a small vehicle, or in a large vehicle or plane

If you are identified as a close contact by someone who’s tested positive, you are legally required to self-isolate for 14 days from the last contact you had with the person who has tested positive.

In these circumstances, we may be able to coordinate remote study for you or make other arrangements if the remote study is not possible.

Our normal mitigating circumstances policy applies if you are unable to undertake assessments owing to illness or any other unforeseen reason relating to COVID. We understand that, for some people, COVID can take time to fully recover from and we will be mindful of this when giving special consideration.

If you have tested positive for COVID we may require further information from you if you have recently been on campus, to help us manage the risk of infection.

If you are vulnerable or live with someone who is vulnerable

Please contact studentsupport@fairfield.ac or speak to your Personal Academic Tutors soon as possible to let us know if you have a high risk of serious illness from COVID, or whether you live or have regular close contact with a vulnerable person.

Special arrangements will be made on a case-by-case basis.

When will face-to-face classes resume?

At present it is not certain when the School will be able to deliver teaching activities in person. A government review of the current arrangements is due in mid-February.

When the risk of COVID transmission in the general population reduces and social distancing restrictions are eased, the School will progressively reintroduce face-to-face teaching activities, blended with online lectures and tutorials.

Anyone who is, or lives with somebody in a high clinical risk group, will have the option of working or studying remotely until the COVID situation has stabilised nationally; such arrangements will be made be made on an individual basis.

When the Government’s COVID-Alert system is stood down and social distancing restrictions are lifted nationwide, the School will implement a phased return to fulltime face-to-face programme delivery.

Will I need to have a COVID test before I return to studying in person?

Yes.

All higher education providers are required to ensure students returning to face-to-face classes are tested for COVID, even if they do not have any symptoms.

FSB will engage with local community testing programmes and provide guidance to students on accessing COVID tests closer to the time of their return to face-to-face lessons. Students may also need to test for COVID regularly thereafter.

You will receive instructions via email telling you where to go for a test and what you can and cannot do while you are waiting for your result.

Those who are returning to placements should follow the testing guidance for their placement setting and undertake a test through their placement provider where offered.

What if someone in my class gets COVID?

The School will actively work with Local Authority Health Protection Teams and Public Health England to assess the risk where individuals within the School’s academic community test positive for COVID.

In this instance, the School will determine whether a precautionary period of online study is appropriate for the affected class and will update persons in that class accordingly. Being required to study online as a precaution does not necessarily mean you are required to self-isolate; you should refer to government guidance on self-isolating, or do so if specifically advised to by NHS Test and Trace services, or the by the School.

If you are advised to self-isolate, you must do so; individuals who do not isolate when required to may receive a fine.

For more information, please refer to our Outbreak Management Plan.

Will there be any changes made to my course?

The content of your academic programme will not be different during online delivery. You will continue to receive guidance on how to access your study materials and lessons remotely via our student portal webinar platform.

There may be some changes to the way your coursework is assessed and how your grade is calculated, depending on what course you are studying. Additionally, we may increase the use of formative assessment (that means informal assessment activities that do not count towards your final grade). This is to ensure that online teaching and learning is effective and that students are engaging with their programmes.

FSB and London Metropolitan University have implemented special temporary regulations to make sure that no student is academically disadvantaged by the current COVID situation. FSB’s Exceptional Regulations can be read on our policy page: https://fsb.ac.uk/policy-hub/

The University has also set out exceptional regulations relating to assessment and progression applicable in a force majeure scenario, which can be read here:

Exceptional arrangements (Force majeure) – Student Zone (londonmet.ac.uk)

The University’s normal assessment regulations can be read here; where there is any discrepancy between these and Exceptional Arrangements in force, the Exceptional Arrangements shall take precedence:

6-Undergraduate-Assessment-Regulations.pdf (londonmet.ac.uk)

A summary of changes to regulations can be read here:

Academic-Regulations-summary-of-Changes-2020-21.pdf (londonmet.ac.uk)

Students required to complete placements as part of their studies will be able to continue to do so. Where this isn’t possible because of COVID restrictions then the FSB will work with LMU to find alternative ways for students to meet this requirement.

 

Work placements

There may be restrictions on students undertaking work placements in 2020/21; if your course requires you to undertake a work placement, we will discuss with you how this may be conducted closer to your placement start date.

The central contact line for Work Placement team is 0208 795 3863 extension 505 or you can email the team at workplacement@FSB.ac

Will my student finance arrangements be affected?

Regardless of how we deliver your course in the coming months, your student finance arrangements will remain unaffected, provided that you continue to actively attend your lessons and participate fully.

The School’s Attendance Monitoring Policy will continue to apply.

Your attendance will be marked for both on-campus and online sessions. By logging into an online session, you will be confirming your attendance. However, spot checks may take place to ensure that online participants are genuinely present.

For more information, or if the current circumstances are affecting your ability to attend your classes, please contact attendance@fairfield.ac as soon as possible.

How will I be supported?

During this time you will continue to receive help and guidance from your Personal Academic Tutor online, as you would do normally.

For more information please contact studentsupport@fairfield.ac or speak to your Personal Academic Tutor.

Stay tuned to our News Blog and social media channels for practical advice on remote studying and managing Covid-related stress and anxiety.

  • https://www.facebook.com/FSB2013/
  • https://twitter.com/FSBSOCIAL
  • https://www.linkedin.com/company/fairfield-school-of-business/

Your personal information

  • Information we hold on you may need to be shared with the Local Authority or NHS Test and Trace Teams if there is a risk of spreading COVID-19. This is so individuals who may be at risk can be identified and contacted, and the risk of infection can be managed.The School will keep records of individuals suspected of having or receiving a positive test result for COVID; these records will be securely held within the School’s head office and subject to our strict data protection protocols.

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Quality Assurance Agency (QAA)

The School was reviewed in October 2018. The QAA Report was published in January 3rd 2019.

The Report confirmed the following judgement:
• The enhancement of student learning opportunities meets UK expectations.
• The QAA review team affirms the following action already being taken to make academic
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The work being undertaken to develop structures and processes that strengthen planning at School level and draw more effectively on quality assurance processes.

Further explanation of the key findings can be found in the handbook available on the
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