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Term dates - Academic Year 2012-13

Week Beginning Week Ending Postgraduate (3 Semesters) or Undergraduate (2 or 3 Semesters) Undergraduate
(Long-thin Delivery) 		Start & End Dates and Public Holidays
 24/09/2012  28/09/2012  Welcome week  Welcome week September new starters - 24/09
 01/10/2012  14/12/2012  1-11 Teaching   1-11 Teaching Returners start -  01/10
Teaching ends - 14/12
 17/12/2012  04/01/2013  Study break  Study break University closed between 25/12 & 01/01, re-opens 02/01
 07/01/2013  18/01/2013  Exams or final assessment  12-13 Teaching Teaching restarts - 07/01
 21/01/2013  12/04/2013  1 - 9 Teaching      14 - 22 Teaching January new starters - 21/01; welcome period of two days during the week 14/01
Teaching Ends Friday - 22/03
 25/03/2013  12/04/2013  Study break  Study break University closed Good Friday holiday - 29/03
University closed Easter day holiday - 01/04
 15/04/2013  26/04/2013  10 & 11 Teaching  23 - 24 Teaching Teaching restarts 15/04
 29/04/2013  10/05/2013  Exams or Final Assesment  Exams University Closed May Bank Holiday - 06/05
 13/05/2013  24/05/2013  1 - 2 Teaching  Exams May new starters - 13/05; welcome period of two days during the week 06/05
End of year undergraduate September starter 24/05
 27/05/2013  07/06/2013     University closed spring bank holiday - 27/05
CSAD degree show
 27/05/2013  26/07/2013  3-11 Teaching   University closed spring bank holiday - 27/05
 29/07/2013  16/08/2013  Study break  Study break Resit coursework submission between 12/08 & 16/08
 19/08/2013  30/08/2013  Exams or final assessment  Resit Exams University closed August bank holiday - 26/08
 26/08/2013  30/08/2013  Submission of postgraduate dissertation   University closed August bank holiday - 26/08
 09/09/2013  13/09/2013     End of year postgraduate September start - 13/09/2013 

Teaching and study block dates    

  1. The academic teaching year is composed of three 16 week-long teaching blocks, running from early October to mid January, mid January to early May and early May to late August.  Typically the academic year starts in the September of a calendar year but it can also start at other times as well.  Some course follow different academic years e.g. NHS courses.  Please check with your department.

  2. Teaching blocks are composed of teaching, study break and assessment / examination weeks; dates of these may vary according to which programme you are enrolled on, for example:

    a. Some undergraduate and postgraduate courses operate a “semester style” of delivery composed of e.g. 11 teaching, 2 assessment and 3 study weeks per single teaching block.
    b. Some undergraduate courses operate a “long-thin style” delivery, composed of e.g. 24 teaching, 2-4 assessment and 6 study weeks per double teaching block.
    You will be advised of the dates during the admissions process or by your Faculty/School once you are here. 

  3. There is no formal teaching during the study breaks. Staff and students can use these for holiday, study and assessment or preparation. NB There is no study break weeks in November or February.
  4. Autumn dates include the welcome or induction week for new students. Returning students start one week later.
  5. Summer dates include years where the teaching block commences immediately after Easter Sunday.  In these cases, the date given for the start of term is the first day the University opens after the holiday period.
  6. The dates given refer to weeks running Monday to Friday (inclusive) but may differ when public holidays mean that the University is closed or when examinations are scheduled. 
  7. The stated dates may be subject to alteration in the light of any subsequent developments affecting the academic year as a result of government policy or other considerations.
  8. All courses start formal teaching from 09:00 hour on the Monday of the first teaching week.

17/04/2012 11:19 AM