These 26 memes perfectly sum up how it feels to be a uni student right now

Last night, England and Scotland entered a third lockdown to contain the new strain of Covid-19. In Boris Johnson’s 8pm announcement, he urged the public to stay home and follow the latest government restrictions. He addressed the closure of primary schools, secondary schools and colleges but, once again, failed to mention what another lockdown meant for university students. Are we even surprised at this point?

As students were left in the dark about their return to university, they turned to their favourite form of stress relief to air their feelings and find unity in their problems: Twitter.

By 9pm, Twitter was filled with memes and videos as emotions ran high. So in lieu of any actual government support, here are 26 memes to get you by:

1. Don’t worry Boris, we’ll just sit tight and patiently wait for the government to start caring

Boris: “Primary, secondary and colleges will remain closed…”

University students: pic.twitter.com/5wux9BNWFh

— K✨ (@kiki1636) January 4, 2021

2. When lockdown three was announced. Family Zoom quiz anyone?

I’m getting sent the same memes I was sent in the first lockdown pic.twitter.com/SGm7agwu3U

— Emma (@em_hardy27) January 5, 2021

3. Trying to figure out how we can sneak back to our university accommodation without anyone seeing us

https://twitter.com/abbiest0rr/status/1346189900283076608?s=20

4. Boris to his MP’s after the 8pm announcement:

Boris Johnson ignoring university students again: pic.twitter.com/oe7Uj3FAha

— maya (@octoplasmic) January 4, 2021

5. How every university student was dressed watching the 8pm announcement

Me actually expecting Boris to mention University’s at all pic.twitter.com/wdKBwd11Yc

— lewis (@FireWalkWithWe) January 4, 2021

6. If we don’t laugh, we’ll cry

university students right now: pic.twitter.com/zdtGWfMS57

— ℝ 𝕪 (@ryystevens) January 4, 2021

7. Still making us pay nine grand a year for Zoom seminars

Boris Johnson refusing to acknowledge university students during a global pandemic pic.twitter.com/bKNGQlDPVn

— danni🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💫 (@dannistock_) January 4, 2021

8. The government’s plan all along…

Boris Johnson to GCSE, A Level and uni students… #lockdown #nationallockdown pic.twitter.com/ImuScA3CUx

— Kate 🪐⭐️🌱 (@kateashurst_) January 4, 2021

9. When Boris is asked about his plans for universities…

Boris Johnson:
Schools – Closed ❌
Colleges – Closed ❌

Universities – pic.twitter.com/B7q8gnNxgV

— ✈️ (@theburnxngwolf) January 4, 2021

10. The government watching us crumble under the stress of online university

boris johnson watching students after he left universities out of all his covid announcements pic.twitter.com/JUOBiN0Cbq

— nyoomeunion! (@SPACELESBlANS) January 4, 2021

11. University? What’s that?

https://twitter.com/moustafa___/status/1346200127648784385?s=20

12. Still working out what we want to know about first – the fishing trip or whether students can return to university

https://twitter.com/han96232747/status/1346197769170677760?s=20

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13. At least someone’s looking for the positives in all this

https://twitter.com/EwanW1ld/status/1346207300923641859?s=20

14. University students being left to fight their own battle

https://twitter.com/Xoe99/status/1346208952028196867?s=20

15. How we’ll all look after completing online university from home

All university students after Boris didn’t even mention them pic.twitter.com/L5jk59etDM

— K✨ (@kiki1636) January 4, 2021

16.When we speak up about our university problems

https://twitter.com/A1finesse1/status/1346203620484784137?s=20

17. If we’re so invisible, maybe we can sneak back to university accommodation without anyone noticing

https://twitter.com/ZacHarkin123/status/1346190269138563072?s=20

18. Emojis expressing all the feels

the government to university students : pic.twitter.com/AyFk3WxK1f

— chlo (@chl0eT_) January 4, 2021

19. The government pretending not see how stressed university students are

https://twitter.com/Unamused3000/status/1346209164033482757?s=20

20. When we realise we’re stuck in lockdown with our family until mid February

https://twitter.com/haaNiyA19/status/1346187869992398848?s=20

21. If university was a TV show, this would be our theme song

https://twitter.com/RayRaySLDN/status/1346194426507485192?s=20

22. Holding back the tears after we realise we won’t see our university mates until at least February

https://twitter.com/Serenitea98/status/1346189794402050048?s=20

23. When the 8pm announcement ends and the word ‘university’ wasn’t mentioned once

Boris’ Announcement:

Primary – Closed❌

Secondary – Closed❌

University – not mentioned

Uni Students: pic.twitter.com/ZAyzMtpgSw

— OTC: F3Z⚜️ (@Femzino__) January 5, 2021

24. When we asked what the plan is for university students

Boris Johnson when asked about universities pic.twitter.com/WVnMi5ZVep

— Tay (@Tay4699) January 4, 2021

25. How we’re all going to look returning to the clubs when they finally open

Meanwhile in the UK….#Lockdown3 pic.twitter.com/ubLbiDTBSR

— Leonidas ToEat ♎☘🇬🇷🇬🇧 (@AnAthenianToLDN) January 4, 2021

26. I guess I’ll just procrastinate some more

https://twitter.com/BreannaMarie22_/status/1346218032633421824?s=20

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