The diary contains term dates, course submission deadlines and deadlines for funding amongst other useful information. For a teaching timetable, please see Timetables.
| MPhil in Social Anthropology 2023-24 | |
|---|---|
| MICHAELMAS TERM 2023 | |
| Tuesday 3 October | from 09:30 - Introductory welcome meetings with Professor Navaro - Meyer Fortes Room |
| Wed 4 October | 09:30am-10:30am - Induction session – Mond Building Seminar Room |
| Wed 4 October | 11:30-11:45 - cohort photograph – outside front of building or Edmund Leach Room |
| Wed 4 October |
15:30-16:30 - library induction with Meg Westbury – South Lecture Room, Haddon Library |
| Thur 5 October | Michaelmas Term teaching begins - see timetable |
| Fri 6 October | Welcome Party - 18:00 - 19:30 - Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (first floor) |
| Tues 10 October | Postgraduate Safety Course online |
| Thur 12 October | Nominations for Student Representative members of the MPhil Committee close |
| Fri 27 October | 10am – Progression to PhD session – Prof Rupert Stasch – Edmund Leach Room |
| Tue 14 November | 11am-12noon- Ethics session – Dr Perveez Mody – Room 4, Sidgwick Lecture Block |
| Fri 17 November | Dissertation Expenses Grant – deadline 1 |
| Fri 17 November | Assessment Titles form (MP13 Scheme of Work) – submission deadline |
| Fri 24 November |
Research Ethics form (MP13A) and Risk Assessment for Christmas vacation fieldwork submission deadline (Risk Assessment MUST be signed off by your Principal Supervisor before submission to Moodle) |
| Tue 5 December | Postgraduate Funding Competition deadline (for submitting PhD application) |
| LENT TERM 2024 | |
| Thur 18 January | Lent Term teaching begins |
| Fri 9 February | Research Ethics and Risk Assessment form for Easter and Summer vacation fieldwork submission deadline (Risk Assessment MUST be signed off by your Principal Supervisor before submission to Moodle) |
| Mon 12 February | Dissertation Topic form (MP14) submission |
| Mon 12 February | Dissertation Expenses Grant – deadline 2 |
| Thur 21 March | 12:00noon - Set Essay Submission Deadline |
| EASTER TERM 2024 | |
| Thur 25 April | Dissertation synopsis submission deadline (for students submitting in May) |
| Thur 25 April | Easter Term teaching begins |
| Wed 15 May | 12:00noon - First dissertation submission deadline |
| Early May | Examination timetable released |
| Thur 16 May | Dissertation synopsis deadline (for students submitting end Aug) |
| Fri 24 May | Risk Assessment submission deadline (Risk Assessment MUST be signed off by your Principal Supervisor before submission to Moodle) |
| Early June |
MPhil examinations: online via Moodle MPhil paper 1: MP1 - Mon 3 June 11:00-16:00 MPhil paper 2: MP2 - Wed 12 June 11:00-16:00 |
| Fri 28 June | Change of Dissertation Title submission deadline |
| Fri 30 August | 12:00noon - Dissertation submission deadline (second and final deadline) |
| Late September | Viva voce examinations (only if required) |
| Early to mid October | Results released on Camsis - liaise with your college about graduation arrangements |
Academic calendar
The Cambridge academic year 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 and students are expected to be in residence. For specific term dates please see University Term Dates.