Work from home advisory
The advice regarding working from home has been further tightened with immediate effect. Everyone will work from home unless there is no other option and only colleagues who have site-specific and/or research or teaching duties can work on site at UvA locations. Please ensure that you discuss your presence onsite with your manager and try to avoid the rush hour wherever possible by travelling outside busy times.
We ask staff to be reluctant in planning meetings that require a physical presence on campus.
Maximum group size
There is a maximum group size of 75 people per room. This limit does not apply to exams.
This will lead to logistical problems. For example, in cases where you have a lecture scheduled after a tutorial and travel time cannot be taken into account (whereby lectures must be attended on campus).
In order to minimise these problems, we will be organising additional streaming facilities for hybrid lectures (a maximum of 75 people in the room with the rest attending online) and are working to optimise the timetables if necessary.
The capacity of the University Library is also limited by these measures, as is that of other study areas.
Consequences for planned events and meetings
The new measures also apply to events and meetings planned until 4 December. You can read below what other measures apply:
- Only educational and research-related activities and events are permitted (e.g. inaugural lectures, doctorate conferrals, graduation ceremonies, information activities and lectures).
- Social activities such as farewell receptions and drinks with colleagues are not permitted.
- For receptions directly linked to and immediately following an educational or research-related activity (e.g. after an inaugural lecture or doctorate conferral), the measures for the hospitality industry apply. This means that QR codes must be checked at the entrance and participants must be seated.
Canteen closing times
The closing time of canteens at the university as well as at the sports facilities (USC) and CREA will be changed to 8:00 p.m. This means that meetings can also not be held there after 8 p.m.
Face mask requirements
Everyone in all UvA buildings is required to wear a face mask when moving through the buildings. Face masks may be removed when seated.
Continued regular self-testing
We urge all staff and students to self-test at least twice a week as this allows us to detect infections at an early stage and stops the unwitting spread of the virus. Free self-tests are available via www.zelftestonderwijs.nl.
Basic Rules
Finally, the basic rules will remain in place as described in the corona update of 3 November and on this website.
More information coming this week
Further information will follow this week on this page. Be sure to keep an eye on Canvas as your specific study programme will update information there as soon as possible.
Questions?
- All information about education in the academic year 2021-2022 is bundled on the website.
- On zelftestonderwijs.nl, students and staff can order free self tests.
- Find out where you can get vaccinated here.
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For answers to any other questions, see the FAQs on the coronavirus page or contact coronavragen@uva.nl.