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Almanac

Almanac (2026-27, 2027-28)

The Almanac provides details of key University dates for the academic session, and is updated during the year, where necessary, to reflect any changes.

A timeline and forward planner for activities carried out by the Student Curriculum and Operations team is available for staff to download.

The University and LUU have identified major holy days and festivals based on the religions observed by staff and students at the University. When scheduling staff should, using knowledge and conversations with staff and students, avoid planning significant events when religious observance may limit the ability to participate. Further information, including guidance on responding to requests from staff and students, is available on the Faith Calendar page produced by the Equality and Inclusion Unit.

For further information about the Almanac, please contact Governance and Compliance (Helen Pickersgill)

Colleagues can download portrait and landscape versions of the Year Planner on the Staff Intranet.

 

2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Session Starts Wednesday 24 Sept 2025 Wednesday 23 Sept 2026 Wednesday 22 Sept 2027
Session Ends Friday 19 June 2026 Friday 18 June 2027 Friday 16 June 2028
 

Semester 1

Teaching begins

  

Monday 29 September
2025

  

Monday 28 September 2026

  

Monday 27 September 2027
Semester 1

Teaching ends

 Friday 12 December 2025 Friday 11 December 2026 Friday 10 December 2027
Examination Period 12-23 January 2026 11-22 January 2027 10-21 January 2028
 

Semester 2

Teaching begins

  

Monday 26 January 2026

  

Monday 25 January 2027

  

Monday 24 January 2028
Semester 2

Teaching Ends

 Friday 8 May 2026 Friday 7 May 2027 Friday 5 May 2028
Examination period 18 May-5 June 2026 17 May-4 June 2027 15 May-2 June 2028
 

Term 1

  

29 Sept-12 Dec 2025

  

28 Sept-11 Dec 2026

  

27 Sept-10 Dec 2027
Term 2 12 Jan-27 March 2026 11 Jan-19 March 2027 10 Jan-24 March 2028
Term 3 27 April-19 June 2026 19 April- 18 June 2027 24 April-16 June 2028
Term 4

Pre-Sessional Language teaching
10 week (online)
6 week (online)
10 week (on campus)
6 week (on campus)

 

  

 

27 May-31 July 2026
22 June-31 July 2026
30 June-4 Sept 2026
27 July-4 Sept 2026

  

 

 
 

Dates when the University will be closed (inclusive)

(Some University service areas are required to open during these periods)

  

24 December 2025-2 January 2026

2-7 April 2026

4 May 2026

25-26 May 2026

31 August-1 September 2026

  

24 December 2025-1 January 2027

25-30 March 2027

3 May 2027

31 May-1 June 2027

30-31 August 2027

  

24 December 2027-3 January 2028

13-18 April 2028

1 May 2028

29-30 May 2028

28-29 August 2028

 

Session by month

2025-26

August 2025   September 2025  October 2025   November 2025   December 2025

January 2026   February 2026   March 2026   April 2026   May 2026  June 2026   July 2026

2026-27

August 2026   September 2026  October 2026   November 2026   December 2026

January 2027   February 2027   March 2027   April 2027   May 2027  June 2027   July 2027

August 2026
1 Sa
2 Su
3 M
4 Tu
5 W
6 Th
7 F
8 Sa
9 Su
10 M
11 Tu
12 W
13 Th
14 F
15 Sa
16 Su
17 M
18 Tu
19 W
20 Th
21 F
22 Sa
23 Su
24 M
25 Tu
26 W
27 Th
28 F
29 Sa
30 Su
31 M Bank Holiday.  University buildings closed.

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September 2026
1 Tu Bank Holiday.  University buildings closed.
2 W
3 Th
4 F
5 Sa
6 Su
7 M Nominating and Governance Committee, 2.30pm
8 Tu University Executive Group, 10.30am
9 W
10 Th
11 F
12 Sa
13 Su
14 M Research and Innovation Board, 2pm
Audit and Risk Committee, 2.30pm
15 Tu
16 W
17 Th
18 F
19 Sa
20 Su
21 M Finance and Investment Committee, 2.30pm
22 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
23 W START OF SESSION
24 Th COUNCIL, 1.30pm
25 F
26 Sa
27 Su
28 M SEMESTER 1 (TEACHING) STARTS (FIRST TERM STARTS)
29 Tu
30 W Student Education and Experience Committee, 2pm

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October 2026
1 Th
2 F
3 Sa
4 Su
5 M
6 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee, 2pm
7 W
8 Th
9 F
10 Sa
11 Su
12 M Committee on Honorary Degrees, 10am
Research and Innovation Board, 2pm
Ethics and Values Committee, 2.30pm
13 Tu
14 W
15 Th
16 F
17 Sa
18 Su
19 M
20 T University Executive Group, 9.30am
SENATE, 2pm
21 W
22 Th Audit and Risk Committee, 2.30pm
23 F
24 Sa
25 Su
26 M
27 Tu
28 W
29 Th
30 F
31 Sa

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November 2026
1 Su
2 M Nominating and Governance Committee, 10.00am
Finance and Investment Committee, 2.30pm
3 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
4 W
5 Th
6 F
7 Sa
8 Su
9 M Audit and Risk Committee, 2.30pm
10 Tu Research and Innovation Board, 2pm
11 W
12 Th
13 F
14 Sa
15 Su
16 M
17 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
18 W
19 Th
20 F
21 Sa
22 Su
23 M
24 Tu
25 W
26 Th COUNCIL, 1.30pm
27 F
28 Sa
29 Su
30 M

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December 2026
1 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
2 W Student Education and Experience Committee, 2pm
3 Th
4 F
5 Sa
6 Su
7 M Research and Innovation Board, 2pm
8 Tu
9 W SENATE, 2pm
10 Th
11 F SEMESTER 1 (TEACHING) ENDS (FIRST TERM ENDS)
12 Sa
13 Su
14 M
15 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
16 W
17 Th
18 F
19 Sa
20 Su
21 M
22 Tu
23 W
24 Th University buildings closed
25 F Christmas Day
26 Sa University buildings closed
27 Su University buildings closed
28 M University buildings closed
29 Tu University buildings closed
30 W University buildings closed
31 Th University buildings closed

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January 2027
1 F University buildings closed
2 Sa
3 Su
4 M
5 Tu
6 W
7 Th
8 F
9 Sa
10 Su
11 M SEMESTER 2 STARTS (SECOND TERM STARTS)
Semester 1 Examination Period begins
Nominating and Governance Committee, 10.00am
12 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
Finance and Investment Committee, 2.30pm
13 W
14 Th
15 F
16 Sa
17 Su
18 M Research and Innovation Board, 10.00am
19 T
20 W
21 Th
22 F Semester 1 Examination Period ends
23 Sa
24 Su
25 M SEMESTER 2 (TEACHING) STARTS
26 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
27 W
28 Th COUNCIL, 1.30pm
29 F
30 Sa
31 Su

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February 2027
1 M Ethics and Values Committee, 2.30pm
2 Tu Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee, 2pm
3 W SENATE, 2pm
4 Th
5 F
6 Sa
7 Su
8 M
9 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
10 W
11 Th
12 F
13 Sa
14 Su
15 M Research and Innovation Board, 2pm
16 Tu
17 W Student Education and Experience Committee, 2pm
18 Th
19 F
20 Sa
21 Su
22 M
23 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
24 W
25 Th
26 F
27 Sa
28 Su

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March 2027
1 M Nominating and Governance Committee, 10.00am
2 Tu
3 W
4 Th
5 F
6 Sa
7 Su
8 M
9 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
10 W
11 Th
12 F
13 Sa
14 Su
15 M
16 Tu
17 W Research and Innovation Board, 2pm
18 Th COUNCIL, 1.30pm
19 F TEACHING STOPS (SECOND TERM ENDS)
20 Sa
21 Su
22 M Finance and Investment Committee, 10.00am
23 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
24 W
25 Th Maundy Thursday, University buildings closed
26 F Good Friday, University buildings closed
27 Sa University buildings closed
28 Su Easter Day
29 M University buildings closed
30 Tu University buildings closed
31 W

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1 Th
2 F
3 Sa
4 Su
5 M
6 Tu
7 W
8 Th
9 F
10 Sa
11 Su
12 M
13 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
14 W
15 Th
16 F
17 Sa
18 Su
19 M TEACHING RESUMES (THIRD TERM STARTS)
Research and Innovation Board, 2pm
20 Tu
21 W
22 Th
23 F
24 Sa
25 Su
26 M
27 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
28 W Student Education and Experience Committee, 2pm
29 Th
30 F

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May 2027
1 Sa
2 Su
3 M May Day. University buildings closed
4 Tu SENATE, 2pm
5 W
6 Th
7 F SEMESTER 2 (TEACHING) ENDS
8 Sa
9 Su
10 M Nominating and Governance Committee, 10.00am
Finance and Investment Committee, 2.30pm
11 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
Audit and Risk Committee, 2.00pm
12 W
13 Th
14 F
15 Sa
16 Su
17 M Semester 2 Examination Period begins
Research and Innovation Board, 2pm
18 Tu
19 W
20 Th
21 F
22 Sa
23 Su
24 M
25 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
26 W
27 Th COUNCIL, 1.30pm
28 F
29 Sa
30 Su
31 M Spring Bank Holiday. University buildings closed

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June 2027
1 Tu Spring Bank Holiday. University buildings closed
2 W
3 Th
4 F Semester 2 Examination Period ends
5 Sa
6 Su
7 M Ethics and Values Committee, 2.30pm
8 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee, 2pm
9 W
10 Th
11 F
12 Sa
13 Su
14 M
15 Tu
16 W Research and Innovation Board, 2pm
17 Th
18 F END OF SESSION
19 Sa
20 Su
21 M
22 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
23 W
24 Th
25 F
26 Sa
27 Su
28 M
29 Tu
30 W Student Education and Experience Committee, 2pm

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July 2027
1 Th
2 F
3 Sa
4 Su
5 M Audit and Risk Committee, 10.00am
Nominating and Governance Committee, 2.30pm
6 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
Finance and Investment Committee, 2.o0pm
7 W SENATE, 2pm
8 Th
9 F
10 Sa
11 Su
12 M Research and Innovation Board, 2pm
13 Tu
14 W
15 Th
16 F
17 Sa
18 Su
19 M
20 Tu University Executive Group, 9.30am
21 W
22 Th COUNCIL, 2.30pm
23 F
24 Sa
25 Su
26 M
27 Tu
28 W
29 Th
30 F
31 Sa

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August 2027
1 Su
2 M
3 Tu
4 W
5 Th
6 F
7 Sa
8 Su
9 M
10 Tu
11 W
12 Th
13 F
14 Sa
15 Su
16 M
17 Tu
18 W
19 Th
20 F
21 Sa
22 Su
23 M
24 Tu
25 W
26 Th
27 F
28 Sa
29 Su
30 M University buildings closed
31 Tu University buildings closed

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September 2027
1 W
2 Th
3 F
4 Sa
5 Su
6 M
7 Tu
8 W
9 Th
10 F
11 Sa
12 Su
13 M
14 Tu
15 W
16 Th
17 F
18 Sa
19 Su
20 M
21 Tu
22 W START OF SESSION
23 Th
24 F
25 Sa
26 Su
27 M SEMESTER 1 (TEACHING) STARTS (FIRST TERM STARTS)
28 Tu
29 W
30 Th

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October 2027
1 F
2 Sa
3 Su
4 M
5 Tu Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee, 2pm
6 W
7 Th
8 F
9 Sa
10 Su
11 M
12 Tu
13 W SENATE, 2pm
14 Th
15 F
16 Sa
17 Su
18 M
19 Tu
20 W
21 Th
22 F
23 Sa
24 Su
25 M
26 Tu
27 W
28 Th
29 F
30 Sa
31 Su

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November 2027
1 M
2 Tu
3 W
4 Th
5 F
6 Sa
7 Su
8 M
9 Tu
10 W
11 Th
12 F
13 Sa
14 Su
15 M
16 Tu
17 W
18 Th
19 F
20 Sa
21 Su
22 M
23 Tu
24 W
25 Th
26 F
27 Sa
28 Su
29 M
30 Tu

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December 2027
1 W
2 Th
3 F
4 Sa
5 Su
6 M
7 Tu
8 W SENATE, 2pm
9 Th
10 F SEMESTER 1 (TEACHING) ENDS (FIRST TERM ENDS)
11 Sa
12 Su
13 M
14 Tu
15 W
16 Th
17 F
18 Sa
19 Su
20 M
21 Tu
22 W
23 Th
24 F University buildings closed
25 Sa Christmas Day
26 Su University buildings closed
27 M University buildings closed
28 Tu University buildings closed
29 W University buildings closed
30 Th University buildings closed
31 F University buildings closed

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January 2028
1 Sa University buildings closed
2 Su University buildings closed
3 M University buildings closed
4 Tu
5 W
6 Th
7 F
8 Sa
9 Su
10 M SEMESTER 2 STARTS (SECOND TERM STARTS)
Semester 1 Examination Period begins
11 Tu
12 W
13 Th
14 F
15 Sa
16 Su
17 M
18 Tu
19 W
20 Th
21 F Semester 1 Examination Period ends
22 Sa
23 Su
24 M SEMESTER 2 (TEACHING) STARTS
25 Tu
26 W
27 Th
28 F
29 Sa
30 Su
31 M

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February 2028
1 Tu
2 W
3 Th
4 F
5 Sa
6 Su
7 M
8 Tu Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee, 2pm
9 W SENATE, 2pm
10 Th
11 F
12 Sa
13 Su
14 M
15 Tu
16 W
17 Th
18 F
19 Sa
20 Su
21 M
22 Tu
23 W
24 Th
25 F
26 Sa
27 Su
28 M

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March 2028
1 W
2 Th
3 F
4 Sa
5 Su
6 M
7 Tu
8 W
9 Th
10 F
11 Sa
12 Su
13 M
14 Tu
15 W
16 Th
17 F
18 Sa
19 Su
20 M
21 Tu
22 W
23 Th
24 F TEACHING STOPS (SECOND TERM ENDS)
25 Sa
26 Su
27 M
28 Tu
29 W
30 Th
31 F

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April 2028
1 Sa
2 Su
3 M
4 Tu
5 W
6 Th
7 F
8 Sa
9 Su
10 M
11 Tu
12 W
13 Th Maundy Thursday. University buildings closed
14 F Good Friday. University buildings closed
15 Sa University buildings closed
16 Su Easter Day
17 M University buildings closed
18 Tu University buildings closed
19 W
20 Th
21 F
22 Sa
23 Su
24 M TEACHING RESUMES (THIRD TERM STARTS)
25 Tu
26 W
27 Th
28 F
29 Sa
30 Su

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May 2028
1 M May Day. University buildings closed
2 Tu
3 W SENATE, 2pm
4 Th
5 F SEMESTER 2 (TEACHING) ENDS
6 Sa
7 Su
8 M
9 Tu
10 W
11 Th
12 F
13 Sa
14 Su
15 M Semester 2 Examination Period begins
16 Tu
17 W
18 Th
19 F
20 Sa
21 Su
22 M
23 Tu
24 W
25 Th
26 F
27 Sa
28 Su
29 M Spring Bank Holiday. University buildings closed
30 Tu Spring Bank Holiday. University buildings closed
31 W

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June 2028
1 Th
2 F Semester 2 Examination Period ends
3 Sa
4 Su
5 M
6 Tu Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee, 2pm
7 W
8 Th
9 F
10 Sa
11 Su
12 M
13 Tu
14 W
15 Th
16 F END OF SESSION
17 Sa
18 Su
19 M
20 Tu
21 W
22 Th
23 F
24 Sa
25 Su
26 M
27 Tu
28 W
29 Th
30 F

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July 2028
1 Sa
2 Su
3 M
4 Tu
5 W SENATE, 2pm
6 Th
7 F
8 Sa
9 Su
10 M
11 Tu
12 W
13 Th
14 F
15 Sa
16 Su
17 M
18 Tu
19 W
20 Th
21 F
22 Sa
23 Su
24 M
25 Tu
26 W
27 Th
28 F
29 Sa
30 Su
31 M

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