@uxbridgecollege has continued to support its students and local communities in diverse and innovative ways as our country continues to respond to the challenges of the coronavirus.   Between official activity and individual volunteering efforts, the college has been supporting health workers, coronavirus sufferers and other members of the community affected by the outbreak, whilst ensuring it provides maximum opportunities for students through creative adaptations.

@uxbridgecollege is gearing up for a series of ‘Virtual Open Day’ events from June 4 in the shape of live information sessions, Q&As, careers advice, and enrolment details. The new ‘Virtual Open Days’ are designed to give parents and prospective students a chance to find out more about the fantastic range of options from September 2020 as school students make plans for what to do after GCSE.

As part of ongoing community efforts during lockdown, @UxbridgeCollege donated 1,000 branded small bottles of hand sanitisers to local care homes and health services, and bottles of water and Easter gifts to staff at Wexham Park Hospital as well as to Queen Mary’s Maternity Unit and Intensive Care Unit at West Middlesex University Hospital. A number of the students have parents and relatives working at the hospitals.

@UxbridgeCollege may have the doors to its buildings closed, but it is undoubtedly open for business as usual with a host of innovative adaptations, like schools, colleges, businesses and other organisations around the country and globally.

@UxbridgeCollege students got a hard-hitting lesson about the importance of staying safe with a talk by knife crime survivor and author Natalie Queiroz (@NatQleigh).