It will be "business as usual" at the University of Bolton in September regardless of any future lockdown measures, the vice-chancellor has said.
Students are currently taking classes virtually using video calls and the campus is not set to reopen until the government gives the all clear.
But Prof George Holmes has urged prospective students to continue to apply for courses beginning in the next academic year and says the university could operate a social distancing system if the lockdown is still in place.
He said plans were firmly in place to open up the campus and provide teaching in September “whatever form the Covid-19 pandemic takes at that time".