University says teaching and learning will be online until after Christmas

NUI Galway is to limit face-to-face teaching to  essential activities, such as lab work and research, until at the end of the semester. File picture

NUI Galway has become the first university to tell its students that the vast majority of teaching and learning will remain online until after Christmas. 

Face-to-face teaching will be limited to essential activities, such as lab work and research, until at the end of the semester. The university's library will remain open but with restrictions in place to limit congregation.