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Dates of term

Dates of term

Key dates for the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 Academic Years.

Note: The following dates do not apply to students on pre-registration nursing, BSc and MSc Social Work programmes who should refer instead to their Programme Handbook and Placements Planner on their Blackboard Shell for details of term and holiday dates.

September 2022 intake

Event Dates
Welcome Week (New Students) Monday 19 September 2022 - Sunday 25 September 2022
Semester 1 Monday 26 September 2022 - Friday 16 December 2022
Christmas Vacation (3 weeks) Monday 19 December 2022 - Friday 6 January 2023
Semester 1 (continues) Monday 9 January 2023 - Friday 27 January 2023
Semester 2 Monday 30 January 2023 - Friday 31 March 2023
Easter Vacation (2 weeks) Monday 3 April 2023 - Friday 14 April 2023
Semester 2 (continues) Monday 17 April 2023 – Friday 26 May 2023
Graduation week TBC

 

February 2023 intake

Event Dates
Welcome Week (New Students) Monday 23 January - Friday 27 January 2023
Semester 1 Monday 30 January 2023 - Friday 31 March 2023
Easter Vacation (2 weeks) Monday 3 April 2023 - Friday 14 April 2023
Semester 1 (continues) Monday 17 April 2023 – Friday 26 May 2023
Semester 2 TBC

 

September 2023 intake (new students)*

Event Dates
Welcome Week (New Students) Monday 25 September 2023 - Friday 29 September 2023 
Term 1 Monday 2 October 2023 - Friday 8 December 2023
Christmas Vacation Monday 11 December 2023 - Friday 5 January 2024
Term 2 Monday 8 January 2024 - Friday 15 March 2024
Easter Vacation Monday 18 March 2024 - Friday 5 April 2024
Term 3 Monday 8 April 2024 - 14 June 2024
Vacation Monday 17 June 2024 - Friday 5 July 2024
Term 4 (where applicable) Monday 8 July 2024 - Friday 13 September 2024

 

* Most standard courses will run between term 1 and term 3 and some may have an additional fourth term. Please refer to your specific course details regarding which terms your course will run in.

 

September 2023 intake (returning students)

Event Dates
Summer Vacation ends Friday 22 September 2023
Semester 1 starts Monday 25 September 2023 - Friday 15 December 2023
Christmas Vacation Monday 18 December 2023 - Friday 5 January 2024
Semester 1 continues Monday 8 January 2024 - Friday 27 January 2024
Semester 2 starts Monday 29 January 2024 - Friday 15 March 2024
Easter Vacation Monday 18 March 2024 - Friday 5 April 2024
Semester 2 continues Monday 8 April 2024 - Friday 31 May 2024
Exams 13 May 2024 - 31 May 2024
Semester 2 ends Friday 31 May 2024

 

February 2024 intake (returning students)

Event Dates
Semester 1 29 January 2024 – 31 May 2024
Easter Vacation 18 March 2024 – 05 April 2024
Semester 2 23 September 2024 – 25 January 2025
Christmas Vacation 16 December 2024 – 03 January 2025

 

Bank Holidays

There is no scheduled teaching on Bank Holidays.

England and Wales 2022 2023 2024
New Year's Day 03/01/2022 02/01/2023 01/01/2024
Good Friday 15/04/2022 07/04/2023 29/03/2024
Easter Monday 18/04/2022 10/04/2023 01/04/2024
Early May Bank Holiday 02/05/2022 01/05/2023 06/05/2024
King Charles' Coronation NA 08/05/2023 NA
Spring Bank Holiday 30/05/2022 to be changed to 02/06/2022* 29/05/2023 27/05/2024
Spring Bank Holiday (additional day) 03/06/2022 - -
Summer Bank Holiday 29/08/2022 28/08/2023 26/08/2024
Christmas Day 27/12/2022 25/12/2023 25/12/2024
Boxing Day 26/12/2022 26/12/2023 26/12/2024

 

If a bank holiday is on a weekend, a 'substitute' weekday becomes a bank holiday, normally the following Monday. These revised dates are reflected in the table above.