As previously announced stricter measures have been in place in Iceland to prevent the spread of COVID-19. These stricter rules have now been be prolonged, mostly unchanged, but with a two-meters social distancing rule added. Groups need to be separated and where groups can not be separated or the two meter's minimum distance cannot be kept, masks must be used. See updated group separation plan below.

Rules on running schools set by the ministry.

Timeframe for the rules at UW: 19.10.2020-07.11.2020

Separation of groups should reduce a possible infection from one group to the other and facilitate the work of the tracing team in containing the disease. The University Centre is a working place with several groups of students and a number of independent institutions in the same building. All restriction of contacts will lower the risk of infection.

The two meters distance will minimize the risk of infection within a group.

Separation will be according to the following rules. 

CMM31 – Oceanography, 20 students registered, rooms 1+3, self-directed learning during until 23.10.2020.

During the period 26.10.2020-03.11.2020 teaching for all the group will be at Hamrar music hall in the music school, Austurvegi, in the mornings, while individual learning and consulting will be at rooms 1+2 in the afternoons.

Entrance: Main entrance. Exit through the corner door or yard to minimise contacts in the hall.

Coffee-room: Corner cafeteria

Toilets: UW Toilets for handicapped

Time: 08:00-16:00. 

CRD03 – Regional Economy, 9 students registered, room 4 (behind the book shelfs).

Time: 08-12:30

Entrance: Main entrance. Exit through the kitchen door/yard to minimise contacts in the hall. The last person needs to close the door from inside and leave the building through the main entrance.

Coffee-room: Main cafeteria

Toilets: UW main toilets 

GCC, 8 students registered, room 5 (behind the book shelfs)

Time: 13:00-16:00

Entrance: Main entrance. Exit through the kitchen door/yard to minimise contacts in the hall. The last person needs to close the door from inside and leave the building through the main entrance.

Coffee-room: Main cafeteria

Toilets: UW main toilets 

Distance learning students, number changing, estimated 6-7, reading rooms on the first floor

Entrance: Main entrance. Exit: Main entrance. 

Coffee-room: none

Toilets: Toilet opposite to Skógrækt

Second year students, cohort 2019, number unclear, estimated 5, Library

Entrance: Main entrance. Exit: Main entrance. 

Coffee-room: none

Toilets: UW main toilets 

Teachers/staff can cross the separation lines when necessary. 

Researchers use their desk as usual. 

Entrance: Main entrance. Exit: Main entrance. 

Guests are not allowed to the University Centre during the period 19.10.2020-06.11.2020, besides guest lecturers coming for teaching.