Book your spring term COVID-19 tests

To help control the spread of COVID-19 and to ensure the safe return of students permitted to travel during the national lockdown, we are offering COVID-19 testing to all students and staff. Please check our FAQ for more details.

In line with Government guidance, all students who do not take COVID-19 LFD tests must self-isolate for ten days when returning to university.

The exception is if you have already tested positive for COVID-19 in the previous 90 days, or if you have tested negative in your home town immediately prior to returning.

Book your tests at Cockcroft – Moulsecoomb

Book your tests at Eastbourne

International students

International students who are returning to the UK from a country not on the UK Travel Corridor list should note that the university testing is not the same as the new 'Test to Release' scheme.

This allows for a test on the fifth day and release from the sixth day subject to a negative test.

Find out more about the Test to Release scheme on the gov.uk website.

Book your tests

Following the government's announcement of a national lockdown, far fewer students are returning to campus during January. We have therefore reduced the number of test centres in Brighton from three (Falmer, Mithras and Cockcroft) to one, at Cockcroft, along with the test centre at Eastbourne. Book your place below.

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 who are not showing any symptoms – it is 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 one of our test centres. They don’t need to be sent to a lab and you’ll receive your results the same day.

Please watch the videos to hear from one of our students, Gemma, who took the test. And to learn more about the test itself.

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What will happen

You will need to book two separate appointments with three clear days in between. Whatever the result of the first test, you need to continue following national safety guidelines and make sure you attend your second test too.
In advance of your tests, please download the NHS 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

If you test positive on either of the two tests you will need to book a confirmatory PCR test through the NHS website or app.

In the meantime you will need to self-isolate and if confirmed as positive you will need to remain isolating from the date of your first positive notification for 10 days.

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 both tests are negative, you don’t need to take any further action but please continue to observe national restrictions on social gathering and good practice including social distancing, hand washing, and wearing of masks.

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