{"id":7765,"date":"2020-03-17T12:23:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T12:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.prod.unilu.spikeseed.cloud\/en\/news\/covid-19-and-the-university\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T09:23:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T08:23:02","slug":"covid-19-and-the-university","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/news\/covid-19-and-the-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 and the University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<p>To protect the health and safety of staff, students and external parties, the University has reduced its on-site activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The administrative staff is working from home. The University is closed to visitors, except for strictly necessary service reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Teaching<\/strong>: All in-person classes are canceled until further notice. Teaching activities continue in remote formats, to the extent possible, for all programmes effective Monday, 16 March. Our professors, lecturers and adjunct faculty are providing students with course material online to the extent possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For teachers: <a href=\"https:\/\/remote.uni.lu?utm_source=unilu&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=analysis\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Information on teaching remotely <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Student services<\/strong> are provided as follows. It is recommended to prioritise contact by email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"ulux-list\">\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><strong>SEVE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/about\/organisation\/administration\/seve\/\">Student Service (SEVE)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><strong>Office of Doctoral Studies<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:phdstudies@uni.lu\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">phdstudies@uni.lu<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><strong>The Luxembourg Learning Centre<\/strong> is closed. The &#8220;Ask a librarian&#8221; service: <a href=\"mailto:askalibrarian@uni.lu\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">askalibrarian@uni.lu<\/a> will remain operational. The catalogue <a href=\"http:\/\/www.a-z.lu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">www.a-z.lu<\/a> provides a wide range of electronic resources (publications, scientific articles, databases and ebooks), accessible from anywhere at any time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><strong>The Europe Direct Information Centre at the University of Luxembourg (EDIC)<\/strong> is closed. For any queries, Joana Da Silva can be contacted by telephone (+352 621 436&nbsp;299) or <a href=\"mailto:Europe-Direct-University@uni.lu\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">email<\/a> from Monday to Friday, 9.00 to 13.00. Stay informed via the EDIC&#8217;s social media channels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><strong>Campus Sport\/Campus Art and Campus Well-being: <\/strong>All classes are cancelled until further notice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><strong>Career Centre:<\/strong> Student counseling continues. Students are requested to contact the Centre <a href=\"mailto:careercentre@uni.lu\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">via email<\/a> if possible. All workshops are postponed or cancelled until further notice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><strong>Competence Centre<\/strong>: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/education\/competence-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Competence Centre<\/a>\u2019s teaching activities are suspended. The Centre will inform all parties concerned and remains the point of contact.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><strong>Confucius Institute:<\/strong> All teaching activities are provided online.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><strong>Canteens and restaurants:<\/strong> All canteens and restaurants on University campuses are closed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conferences and events<\/strong>: The University of Luxembourg has cancelled all events <strong>until further notice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information please refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/coronavirus\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">our pages about the Coronavirus.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To protect the health and safety of staff, students and external parties, the University has reduced its on-site activities.The administrative staff is working from home. 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