Whether or not you are fully vaccinated, and the location from which you are travelling will both have an effect on whether you must self-isolate when you arrive in England. Please read the information below and follow government guidelines.

If you are fully vaccinated

Before you travel to England

Before you travel to England you must:

• book and pay for a COVID-19 test – to be taken after you arrive in England
• complete a passenger locator form – to be completed in the 48 hours before you arrive in England.

If you’re in England for less than 2 days, you still need to book and pay for a day 2 COVID-19 test.

When you arrive in England

After you arrive in England you must take a COVID-19 test. This is the test that you booked before travel. You can book either a lateral flow test or a PCR test.

You can take the test any time after you arrive and before the end of day 2 at the latest. The day you arrive is day 0.

If your test result is positive, you must self-isolate.

If your lateral flow test result is positive, you must also take a PCR test.

If you are not fully vaccinated

Before you travel to England

Before you travel to England you must:

• take a COVID-19 test – to be taken in the 2 days before you travel to England
• book and pay for day 2 and day 8 COVID-19 PCR tests – to be taken after arrival in England
• complete a passenger locator form – to be completed in the 48 hours before you arrive in England.

Read more about taking a COVID-19 test before you travel to England.

When you arrive in England

After you arrive in England you must:

• quarantine at home or in the place you are staying for 10 full days
• take your COVID-19 PCR tests – you must book these tests before you travel.

You must take the first test on or before day 2 and the second test on or after day 8. The day you arrive is day 0.

If you are in England for less than 10 days, you need to quarantine for the time you are here. You need to book day 2 and day 8 PCR tests. You only need to take the tests if you are still in England on those days.

If the test result is positive

If your day 2 test is positive, you must self-isolate for 10 full days. The day you took the test is day 0.

You do not need to take the day 8 test if your day 2 test is positive. If your day 2 test is negative, you must take your day 8 test.

If your day 8 test is positive, you must self-isolate for 10 full days. The day you took the day 8 test is day 0.

If the test result is negative

If your day 2 test is negative, you must continue to quarantine.

You must take your day 8 test on or after day 8.

If your day 8 test is negative, you can stop quarantine on whichever is later:

• day 10 – day 0 is the day you arrived in England
• when you receive the day 8 test result.

Red list countries and territories

There are different rules if you have been in a red list country or territory in the 10 days before you arrive in England. If you need to follow red list rules, you must do so even if you are fully vaccinated.

Check which countries and territories are on the red list and read the red list rules.

If you have applied to be a resident in halls, please see our Covid guidance for Halls of Residence for advice on quarantining

If you are not moving into halls, don’t worry! We are ready to welcome you from the start of your student journey, with:

• practical support for settling in, such as signing up to a GP, opening a UK bank account, culture shock, homesickness and a first week survival guide
• social and community activities such as events, quizzes and drop-in sessions
• webchats with SU Vice-President of Education to learn more about the Students’ Union, sports and societies
• meeting your International Student Buddy online
• the Student Life Centre, the central hub where all sorts of advice is available; see the Student Life Guide (PDF File 1,877 KB) and International advice.

You are not alone – we are here to help!

If you have not applied for accommodation but still need support to quarantine because your term-time accommodation will not accept you for quarantining, talk to us and we can help.

To find the closest place to go for your first or second dose of vaccine and to book an appointment, please visit the NHS Covid-19 website.

Applications for students that require a visa and want to start in January 2022 are closed. However, you can apply for September 2022 entry.

We are aware that many applicants are facing difficulties in meeting their offer conditions due to the closure of test centres for IELTS, TOEFL and many other English language exams as a result of COVID-19.

Because of this, LSBU will be accepting a number of other English tests for entry to undergraduate and postgraduate courses for September 2022 entry. Find out more.

We are sympathetic to you and all students' individual circumstances. However our main priority is that we are making offers to applicants that we are satisfied will be able to succeed on their studies.

We'll continue to give equal consideration to all applications regardless of where you are from, or where you live. We are currently reviewing the impact Covid-19 is having on assessments, exams and final grades on a country by country basis and will update applicants as and when we can.

The pre-CAs process will be running as usual. If you have accepted your offer, you should proceed to make the deposit payments as indicated in your offer letter, to secure your place on your course.

At present, the Home Office has not issued any statements in regards to this situation. We are monitoring the situation closely and we will contact all our applicants as soon as we get an update from the UKVI.

We will be processing refund requests in accordance with the terms and conditions stated in your offer letter.