Coronavirus: Updates and advice
We’re closely monitoring the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 to ensure we're doing all we can to help our current students
Please follow the advice issued by the University which is being updated regularly:
House rules
Communication with the GSD Office
To help keep us all safe you are strongly encouraged to email or telephone the GSD Office. Most Inquiries will be dealt with in this way by default, as the GSD Office is now closed to the public. Read more about speaking to the GSD Office.
The Ramphal Building
Please do not come into the Ramphal Building unless you have teaching there.
Keeping each other safe
f you need help or have questions/concerns, please ask: we’re all here to support each other. The Directors of Student Experience are available every day in the Virtual Common Room at 1-1:30 pm (UK time).
Current student communications
The GSD Department is regularly communicating with current students via email. To read our most recent communications to students, please see the links below.
Friday 8 January 2021
- From: Head of School
- Subject: The start of Term 2 in the GSD Department
- Recipients: All GSD students
Wednesday 16 December 2020
- From: Head of School
- Subject: Your start date for Term 2
- Recipients: All GSD students
Tuesday 24 November 2020
- From: Head of School
- Subject: Your plans for Term 2
- Recipients: All GSD students

How to contact us
We're now working from home but we're still able to respond to your queries and ensure that you receive full academic and pastoral support from us. We understand that this is a difficult time. So, if you have any questions, please do get in touch with:
- Your Personal Tutor
- Our Directors of Student Experience
- The GSD Office
Virtual common room
Please feel free to visit our virtual common room on Microsoft Teams. It's an informal space that we've created to touch base with you on a daily basis (currently at 1-1:30pm UK time) for you to chat with each other if you wish. You should all have received an invite to join this group. If you haven't, please contact Gioia.