Staff and students back on campus from September

The Quad at UCC, Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Further Education Minister Simon Harris has confirmed that college students will be back on campus from the third week of September despite the delay of the release of Leaving Cert results until the first week of that month.

Mr Harris said the big challenge will be getting large-scale lectures back but many other aspects of college life will return due to the widespread rollout of the Covid vaccines.