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The system targets the most living cost support at those from the lowest income families, who need it most.\n\nStudents undertaking courses that would normally require attendance on-site, but for which learning has moved either fully or partially online due to Covid-19, will qualify for living costs support in the 2020/21 academic year as they would ordinarily, provided they continue to engage with their higher education provider. This means that students who qualify are still receiving the same level of support for their living costs, including rent. This also applies when the student is prevented from attending the course physically and is required to study online due to shielding.\n\nIt has been important to keep universities open during the pandemic in order to provide high quality education to students. We simply cannot ask young people to put their education and lives on hold indefinitely. The human cost in terms of lost opportunity and damaged social mobility would be immense.\n\nWe have drawn on the expertise of the HE Taskforce that we set up, and we have been providing robust public health advice and regular updates to the sector to help them to plan carefully to keep students and staff as safe as possible.\n\nTo help Higher Education providers make informed decisions about their provision, the Government issued guidance on reopening for providers in June and has routinely updated this based on the latest public health advice. We have published further advice on national restrictions, end of term guidance and return of students in spring term for the sector.\n\nAll universities have plans for managing and controlling outbreaks. We are increasing testing capacity. We are clear about limiting the risks. There is close working on the ground locally between universities and public health experts.\n\nTenants, including student renters, should continue to pay rent and abide by all other terms of their tenancy agreement to the best of their ability. The government has a strong package of financial support available to tenants, and where they can pay the rent as normal, they should do. Tenants who are unable to do so should speak to their landlord at the earliest opportunity. \n\nTenants are able to end or surrender their fixed term tenancy early if they reach an agreement with their landlord. If tenants have a joint tenancy agreement, all tenants will need to agree to the surrender. 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