UCLan says students will continue to have face-to-face learning where possible

Bosses at UCLan are reassuring students they'll have to have as much face-to-face contact with tutors as possible in September.

It's as a number of universities say they're sticking to online lectures in the autumn term, despite students being officially allowed back on campus this week.

UCLan say students can expect a mixture of 'blended' online and on site learning in the next academic year.

Graham Baldwin, Vice Chancellor of the university, said dozens of students have been on site since January: "Many of our students have already been back because students who engaged on programmes relating to health and medicine were allowed back in January, of which we've got a very large of provision.

"In April, students who were on predominantly practical based courses were also allowed back so we got a lot of our students back.

While some students in England have begun returning to campus for in-person lessons after months of remote learning - for many undergraduates, their teaching has already finished for the year.

All remaining university students are now allowed to travel back to their term-time accommodation and take part in face-to-face activities on campus as restrictions are being eased across England.

But many institutions have already finished lessons for the academic year and are now running exams, which are largely being held remotely.

Graham added: "It's only the remaining students now who are entitled to come back. For many of them their courses will already be nearly complete or they'll be in the process of assessment. But we do hope that they will come back and avail themselves at the services and the other activities here on campus."