University students who have not yet returned to campus for in-person teaching will not be allowed back until May 17 at the earliest, in a devastating blow for hundreds of thousands of young people in England. Under proposals unveiled by the Government in the Commons today, students will be offered three Covid-19 tests when they return for face-to-face classes on campuses across the country from mid-May. Students had originally been expected to go back on March 8 and the delay now confirmed by officials is a blow to university chiefs who have pressed for a rapid resumption of normal study and social life.