EXAMS have been cancelled at Glasgow University as chiefs step up contingency plans to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
Education bosses have announced the majority of first and second year students will no longer sit their upcoming assessments.
The university had previously taken the decision to ban on campus exams in April and May in a bid to stop the virus' spread.
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They have also already suspended face-to-face teaching with course material now accessible online.
A spokesperson for the university said: "We've taken the difficult decision that the majority of first and second year students will not be examined in the forthcoming diet.
"There will be a very small number of exceptions typically in programmes with external professional accreditation."
It is understood third and fourth year students - as well as those on postgraduate programmes - are unaffected for now.
The news comes on the same day Education Secretary John Swinney confirmed all exams had been cancelled for schoolchildren.
It is the first time since 1888 in which exams have not taken place in Scotland.
Mr Swinney told MSPs at Holyrood: “In all of our history, Scotland has never cancelled the exams.
“Since 1888 they have been held every May or June, without fail.
“In the midst of two world wars the exams went ahead. It is a measure of the gravity of the challenge we now face that I must today announce the exams will not go ahead this year.”
Despite the closures, the Education Secretary said for most pupils teaching would continue, in many cases through online learning, but there would be a focus on pupils in S4 to S6 who need to submit coursework.
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Mr Swinney said today: “At the end of tomorrow, schools and nurseries should ordinarily close for children and young people.
“Teaching, learning and support will continue, albeit in different ways for different groups of children.
“Teachers and other staff who are well will continue to be working.
“Senior phase pupils with coursework for national qualifications to complete will be informed by their schools how to complete this.”
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