Key dates for the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 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.

Programmes at the University are structured into two 15-week Semesters, Semester 1 and Semester 2 respectively. Most modules will be delivered across these 15 week Semester blocks. Some modules have a duration of 30 weeks and will instead run across both Semesters.

 

September 2021 intake

Event	Dates
Welcome Week (New Students)	Monday 20 September 2021 - Sunday 26 September 2021
Semester 1	Monday 27 September 2021 - Friday 17 December 2021
Christmas Vacation (3 weeks)	Monday 20 December 2021 - Friday 7 January 2022
Semester 1 (continues)	Monday 10 January 2022 - Friday 28 January 2022
Inter-semester Break (1 week)	Monday 31 January 2022 – Friday 4 February 2022
Semester 2	Monday 7 February 2022 - Friday 08 April 2022
Easter Vacation (2 weeks)	Monday 11 April 2022 - Friday 22 April 2022
Semester 2 (continues)	Monday 25 April 2022 – Wednesday 1 June 2022
Graduation Week	Monday 5 September 2022 – Friday 9 September 2022

 

February 2022 intake

Event	Dates
Welcome Week (New Students)	Monday 31 January 2022 - Friday 4 February 2022
Semester 1	Monday 7 February 2022 - Friday 8 April 2022
Easter Vacation	Monday 11 April 2022 - Friday 22 April 2022
Semester 1 (continues)	Monday 25 April 2022 - Wednesday 1 June 2022
Semester 2	Monday 26 September 2022 - Friday 16 December 2022
Christmas Vacation	Monday 19 December 2022 – Friday 6 January 2023
Semester 2 (continues)	Monday 9 January 2023 - Friday 27 January 2023
Graduation Week	TBC

 

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

 

 

Bank Holidays

There is no scheduled teaching on Bank Holidays.