Dear colleagues
If you are putting on your Out of Office message next week, please consider using some or all of the following information within your message in order to appropriately direct students and staff who may be trying to get in touch.
Suggested text:
Thank you for your email. The University of Aberdeen will be closed from 5pm on 23 December until 9am on 6 January 2022 for the winter break. We will respond to your email as soon as possible after that date.
In the meantime, please see below for information and key sources of support over the winter break.
Current Students
We hope you enjoy a safe and restful winter break. Check out our Winter Wellbeing toolkit which includes information on how you can connect with others during the break.
Please remember to follow the Scottish Government guidance, which continues to be updated in response to the pandemic, to keep you and those around you as safe as possible.
New Students
If you are joining us as a student in January and are looking for information on the registration process or arriving in Aberdeen, please keep checking your emails, as we send you all the information you need before you arrive.
If you have questions about student accommodation, please email the accommodation team (studentaccomm@abdn.ac.uk) who will return on 6 January.
You may also want to check out these links for answers to your questions:
- New student page: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/students/new-students/
- Registration / paying fees: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/students/new-students/registration.php
- Coronavirus (Covid-19) information: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/about/coronavirus/teaching-delivery-second-session-1677.php
- Download the UoA Student Guide: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/students/new-students/essential-guides.php
- Quarantine requirements: https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-international-travel-quarantine/pages/overview/
- Information for international students: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/international/
- Offer Holder information: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/offer-holder-information-3355.php
- Accommodation FAQs: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/accommodation/faq/index.php
- Prospectus: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/.
If you are a student or teacher providing additional information relating to a UCAS application, please send that directly to our undergraduate admissions team who will return on 6 January – ugadmissions@abdn.ac.uk.
Student Support
Please remember that the University of Aberdeen Student Helpline offers free in-the-moment counselling or consumer advice for students when the University support services are closed.
Speak directly to a counsellor at any time by phone or instant messenger. You don’t need an appointment and can contact the helpline using the details below:
- Student Helpline UK: 0800 197 2980 / International number: +44 (0)1452 623 243
- Instant messaging service: www.carefirst-lifestyle.co.ukwith login details:
- username: uoastudent
- password: Aberdeen
Staff support
Staff members in need of support can find more information at Your Wellbeing | StaffNet | The University of Aberdeen (abdn.ac.uk)
From everyone at the University of Aberdeen, we hope you have a restful and enjoyable winter break.