Course diary
The diary contains term dates, course submission deadlines and deadlines for funding amongst other useful information. For a teaching timetable, please see the Timetables.
PhD in Social Anthropology 2023-24 | |
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MICHAELMAS TERM | |
Wed 4th Oct | 12:00-12:15 – Pre-field cohort photograph – join with PhD1 students – outside front of building or Edmund Leach Room |
Wed 4th Oct |
13:30-14:30 – Pre-field induction session – join with PhD1 students – Mond Building Seminar Room |
Wed 4th Oct | 15:30-16:30 - library induction with Meg Westbury – South Lecture Room, Haddon Library – all postgraduate students |
Thur 5th Oct | Term teaching begins, please see Timetable |
Fri 6th Oct |
from 09:30am - Introductory welcome meetings with Prof Stasch and Dr Buitron – Meyer Fortes Room 18:00 - Welcome Party MAA |
Tue 10th Oct | Postgraduate Safety Course online |
Thu 12th Oct | Nominations for student reps close |
Wed 18th Oct | Research Presentations (mini-conference) – Day 1 – Mond Building Seminar Room |
Thurs 19th Oct | Research Presentations (mini-conference) – Day 2 – Mond Building Seminar Room |
Thu 9th Nov | Approx date – Research Training Paper titles released |
Mon 20th Nov | Risk Assessment form for in-person Christmas vacation fieldwork |
Tue 5th Dec | Postgraduate Funding Competition deadline |
LENT TERM 2024 | |
Thursday 18 January | Lent term teaching begins |
Friday 19 January | 12:00noon - Research Training Paper 1 (RTP1) submission deadline |
Friday 4 Mar | Risk Assessment form (and additional section for High Risk areas) for in person Easter vacation fieldwork deadline |
Friday 15 March |
All internal fieldwork funding applications due (Richards, Ridgeway Venn, William Wyse, SHSS fieldwork fund) |
EASTER TERM 2024 | |
Thursday 25 April | Easter Term teaching begins |
Friday 26 April |
12:00noon - Research Training Paper 2 (RTP2) and Research Training Paper 3 – case study (RTP3) submission deadline |
Monday 13 May | Fieldwork proposal submission deadline |
Wed 29 May | approx. date Fieldwork Clearance Interviews |
3 June (approx date) | Leave to Work Away (LTWA) applications on Camsis - before leaving for fieldwork |
Friday 14 June | Easter Full Term ends - ensure contact information on Camsis |
Academic calendar
- The Cambridge academic year commences on 1st October and finishes on 30th September each year and is made up of three terms: Michaelmas, Lent, and Easter.
- “Full term” means the eight-week central portion of each of the three terms (Michaelmas, Lent and Easter), during which teaching takes place.
- Graduate students operate on the basis of the academic year which extends beyond the end of the Easter Term are expected to be in residence at all times, even outside of Full Term, unless they have been granted leave to work away.
For specific term dates please see University Term Dates.