Participation in P-ATS was on a voluntary basis and aimed to be complementary to the national testing strategy in the United Kingdom (UK). P-ATS was a completely independent initiative within the University to explore the value of SARS-Cov-2 testing in asymptomatic students. National guidelines for actions to be taken by symptomatic students were followed throughout. Any asymptomatic students testing positive in this pilot were advised to undertake a “Pillar 2” test, the results of which would be paramount (the University laboratory testing was a research test only), and hence would feed into the UK National Health Service (NHS) Test and Trace [9] mechanisms, if positive.