Term Dates

First years (full and part-time): W/C Monday 21 September 2020 to Wednesday 16 December 2020

This includes NEW FdSc and BSc Students who will start on the following dates:

• First year Agriculture – Monday 21 September – 10.30am (plus Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23)
• First year Equine – Monday 21 September – 10.30am (plus Tuesday 22 and Thursday 24)
• First year Wildlife Ecology and Conservation – Tuesday 22 September – 10.45am (plus Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24)
• First year Animal Science and Zoo Biology –  Groups A and B – 10.30am.Groups C and D – 11.30am Tuesday 22 September (plus Wednesday 23 and Friday 25)
• First year Aquaculture, Fisheries and Marine – Wednesday 23 September – 10.30am (plus Thursday 24 and Friday 25)
• First year FdSc Veterinary Nursing Science Students – TBC 

CONTINUING STUDENTS AND INTERNAL TOP-UPS

Continuing students (2nd and 3rd years) and internal top-ups to be invited to enrol and return teaching contract by email and will start Monday 28 September 2020 to Friday 18 December 2020

MSc Thursday 1 October 2020 to Friday 18 December 2020

Reading Break
Monday 26 October 2020 to Friday 30 October 2020

Christmas Holiday 2020
Sparsholt will close at 5pm on Friday 18 December 2020 for the Christmas break.

Monday 4 January 2021 to Thursday 1 April 2021 (12 teaching weeks)

Reading Break
Monday 15 February 2021 to Friday 19 February 2021

Easter Public Holiday Weekend 

Friday 2 April 2021 to Monday 5 April 2021

Student Spring Holiday 

Friday 2 April 2021 to Friday 16 April 2021

Monday 19 April 2021 to Friday 11 June 2021 (7 teaching weeks)

Bank Holiday Closure
Monday 3 May 2021

Monday 31 May 2021

Reading Break
Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2021

Each Reading Break commences on Friday at 5.00pm

University Centre Year equates to 30 Teaching Weeks*

* Although the HE teaching year is 30 weeks – this includes 5 days scheduled staff development training (to allow UCS to meet the DfE CPD requirement). As a consequence the taught time for degree students is equivalent to 29 weeks for HE programmes.