Dates of term
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Dates of term
Key dates for the 2023/2024 and 2024/25 Academic Years
Please 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 2023 intake (new students)*
Event | Dates |
Welcome Week (New Students) | Monday 25 September 2023 - Friday 29 September 2023 |
Autumn Term | Monday 2 October 2023 - Friday 8 December 2023 |
Christmas Vacation | Monday 11 December 2023 - Friday 5 January 2024 |
Winter Term | Monday 8 January 2024 - Friday 15 March 2024 |
Spring Vacation | Monday 18 March 2024 - Friday 5 April 2024 |
Spring Term | Monday 8 April 2024 - Friday 14 June 2024 |
Vacation | Monday 17 June 2024 - Friday 5 July 2024 |
Summer Term (where applicable) | Monday 8 July 2024 - Friday 13 September 2024 |
* Most standard courses will run between Autumn Term and Spring Term 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 2023 |
Semester 1 continues | Monday 8 January 2024 - Friday 27 January 2024 |
Semester 2 starts | Monday 29 January 2024 - Friday 15 March 2024 |
Spring 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 |
Spring Vacation | 18 March 2024 - 5 April 2024 |
Semester 2 | 7 October 2024 - 25 January 2025 |
Christmas Vacation | 16 December 2024 - 7 February 2025 |
September 2024 intake*
Event | Dates |
Welcome Week (New students) | Monday 30 September 2024 - Friday 4 October 2024 |
Autumn Term | Monday 7 October 2024 - Friday 13 December 2024 |
Christmas Vacation | Monday 16 December 2024 - Friday 3 January 2025 |
Winter Term | Monday 6 January 2025 - Friday 14 March 2025 |
Spring Vacation | Monday 17 March 2025 - Friday 4 April 2025 |
Spring Term | Monday 7 April 2025 - Friday 13 June 2025 |
Vacation | Monday 16 June 2025 - Friday 4 July 2025 |
Summer Term (where applicable) | Monday 7 July 2025 - Friday 12 September 2025 |
* Most standard courses will run between Autumn Term and Spring Term and some may have an additional fourth Summer Term. Please refer to your specific course details regarding which terms your course will run in.
September 2024 (returning students on semester-based courses)
Event | Dates |
Summer Vacation ends | Friday 4 October 2024 |
Semester 1 starts | Monday 7 October 2024 - Friday 13 December 2024 |
Christmas vacation | Monday 16 December 2024 - Friday 3 January 2025 |
Semester 1 continues | Monday 6 January 2025 - Friday 7 February 2025 |
Exams | 20 January 2025 - 7 February 2025 |
Semester 1 ends | Friday 7 February 2025 |
Semester 2 starts | Monday 10 February 2025 - Friday 14 March 2025 |
Spring Vacation | Monday 17 March 2025 - Friday 4 April 2025 |
Semester 2 continues | Monday 7 April 2025 - Friday 13 June 2025 |
Exams | 27 May 2025 - 13 June 2025 |
Semester 2 ends | Friday 13 June 2025 |
Bank Holidays
There is no scheduled teaching on Bank Holidays.
England and Wales | 2024 | 2025 |
New Year's Day | 01/01/2024 | 01/01/2025 |
Good Friday | 29/03/2024 | 18/04/2025 |
Easter Monday | 01/04/2024 | 21/04/2025 |
Early May Bank Holiday | 06/05/2024 | 05/05/2025 |
Spring Bank Holiday | 27/05/2024 | 26/05/2025 |
Summer Bank Holiday | 26/08/2024 | 25/08/2025 |
Christmas Day | 25/12/2024 | 25/12/2025 |
Boxing Day | 26/12/2024 | 26/12/2025 |
* 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.