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.
| MRes in Social Anthropology 2023-24 | |||
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| MICHAELMAS TERM | |||
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Wed 4th Oct 12:00-12:15 – Pre-field cohort photograph – join PhD1 students – outside front of building or Edmund Leach Room |
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| 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 PG students | |||
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Thur 5th Oct MT teaching begins – see timetable |
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Fri 6th Oct from 09:30am - Introductory welcome meetings with Prof Stasch and Dr Buitron – Meyer Fortes Room |
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| Fri 6th Oct 18:00 - Welcome Party MAA | |||
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Tue 10th Oct Postgraduate Safety Course online |
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Thu 12th Oct Nominations for student reps close |
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Fri 27th Oct 10am – Progression to PhD session – Prof Rupert Stasch – Edmund Leach Room |
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Thu 9th Nov Approx date – Research Training Paper titles released |
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Tue 14th Nov 11am-12 noon - Ethics session – Dr Perveez Mody – Room 4, Sidgwick Lecture Block |
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| Fri 17th Nov Dissertation Expenses Grant - deadline 1 | |||
| Fri 17th Nov Risk Assessment form for in person Christmas vacation fieldwork deadline (Risk Assessment MUST be signed off by your Principal Supervisor before submission to Moodle) | |||
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Tue 5th Dec Postgraduate Funding Competition deadline (for submitting PhD application) |
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| LENT TERM 2024 | |||
| Thursday 18 January | Lent Term teaching begins | ||
| Friday 19 January | 12:00noon - Research Training Paper 1 (RTP1) submission deadline | ||
| Mon 12th Feb |
Dissertation Expenses Grant – deadline 2 |
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| Mon 12th Feb |
Risk Assessment form (and additional section for High Risk areas) for in person Easter vacation fieldwork deadline (Risk Assessment MUST be signed off by your Principal Supervisor before submission to Moodle) |
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| 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 | ||
| Friday 10th May | Proposed Dissertation Title submission deadline | ||
| Fri 17th May |
Dissertation synopsis submission deadline |
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| Fri 14th June |
ET ends – students update contact details on Camsis |
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| Fri 28th June | Change of dissertation title deadline | ||
| Fri 30th Aug |
12:00noon - MRes dissertation submission deadline |
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| Mon 9th Sep | Fieldwork proposal and updated Risk Assessment submission deadline (if continuing to the PhD) (Risk Assessment MUST be signed off by your Principal Supervisor before submission to Moodle) | ||
| Fri 20th Sep |
Approx date - Viva voce examinations only if required |
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| Thu 26th Sep | Approx date – Fieldwork clearance interviews (if continuing to the PhD) | ||
| Early October | Leave to Work Away (LWTA) application on Camsis - before leaving for fieldwork | ||
| Mon 7 October | Application deadline for Wyse Fieldwork Funding (if continuing to the PhD) | ||
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.