Manchester Evening News can reveal. The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University will inform staff and students of the move this afternoon after a decision by the city's public health department, alongside Public Health England.It represents an escalation in the approach to Covid numbers on campus and among students as public health officials look to contain a host of outbreaks.Most courses will be taught virtually, other than 'accredited and professional programmes, for on-campus laboratory, clinical and practice-based teaching', the council said.Manchester Metropolitan University had been the first of the two institutions to see high profile outbreaks a couple of weeks ago, leading to students in Birley and.