Book your COVID-19 tests

To help control the spread of COVID-19 and to ensure the safety of everyone on our campuses we are offering regular COVID-19 testing to all students and staff. Both home test kits and on-site tests are available.

The university’s testing service is designed to work alongside the many community testing options also on offer.

Book your tests, Cockcroft Sports Centre, Moulsecoomb

Book your tests

We are pausing most of our in-person covid-19 testing during the holiday period and moving to support a home testing approach.

You can arrange to have a test kit delivered to your home address by visiting the government website. You can also obtain the kits from pharmacies and community test sites.

Home test kits are also available from Eastbourne Hillbrow gym, Falmer gym and Cockcroft Caretakers’ desk.

On-site and click and collect testing is still available. If you choose to, you can now book up to two tests per week.

You will receive a confirmation email from southcoastevents@brighton.ac.uk which will contain a link that will allow you to access the details of your booking.

Who are the tests for?

The tests are for students and colleagues who are not showing any symptoms. They are designed to identify people who are potentially infectious but are asymptomatic. It’s possible to be positive with COVID-19 but not be aware of it.

Getting your tests

These tests are known as Lateral Flow Tests and can be self-administered at our Moulsecoomb campus, Cockcroft Sports Centre test centre or at home. They don’t need to be sent to a lab and you’ll get your results the same day.

Please watch the videos to hear from one of our students, Gemma, who took an on-site test. And to learn more about the test itself (noting that there will be some differences when taking a test at home).

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What will happen

  • The university currently offers either on-site or click and collect home tests. The guidance below relates to on-site testing only.
  • You can now book up to two tests a week.
  • In advance of your tests, please download the NHS test and trace app and don’t forget to take your Student ID.
  • Travel to the test site and register on arrival – remember to practise social distancing, wear a face covering if you’re able to and avoid public transport.
  • You’ll be given a test kit with a barcode, and instructions on how to take the test.
  • Once your test is complete, leave the test site, taking your barcode with you – remember to practise social distancing, wear a face covering if able to and avoid public transport.
  • Wait for your results to be sent to you by text or email.

If your test is positive 

  • Self-isolate straight away – check if people you live with need to self-isolate
  • Get a PCR test (a test that is sent to a lab) to confirm your result as soon as possible – get a PCR test to check if you have COVID-19 on GOV.UK
  • Continue to self-isolate until you get the result of the PCR test. Follow the advice you're given when you get the result.
  • In England, if you do not get a PCR test within two days of a positive rapid lateral flow test at a test site, you will need to self-isolate for 10 full days even if you get a negative PCR result.
  • After the self-isolation period it will be possible to return to campus.
  • If you do need to self-isolate, we’re here to support you.

FAQs for Brighton students

If your test is negative

If you test negative, you don’t need to take any further action but please continue to observe Government and University good practice including hand washing and wearing of masks.

Visit our COVID-19 pages for more general information about our approach.