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 2024-25 | |
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| MICHAELMAS TERM 2024 | |
| Wed 9 October | 11:00-11:15 - Cohort group photograph - Edmund Leach Room |
| Wed 9 October | 13:00-14:00 - Induction session - Mond Building Seminar Room |
| Wed 9 October | 14:00-15:00 - Meet the Professional Services Team informally over coffee and cake - Common Room |
| Wed 9 October | 15:30-16:30 - Library induction with librarian George Cronin (they/them) - South Lecture Room, Haddon Library |
| Thu 10 October | Michaelmas Term teaching begins - see timetable (http://www.timetable.cam.ac.uk/) |
| Fri 11 October | Welcome Party - 18:00-19:30 - Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (first floor) |
| Tue 15 October | Postgraduate Safety Course online (Occupational Health and Safety Service - Online: Staying Safe at the University of Cambridge) |
| Thu 17 October (latest date) | Nominations for Student Representative members of the PhD Committee close |
| Mon 28 October | 16:00-17:00 - Progression to PhD session - Prof Rupert Stasch - Edmund Leach room |
| Thu 7 November (approx. date) | Research Training Paper titles published on Moodle |
| Tue 12 November | 10:00-11:30 - Risk Assessment and travel safety session - Department Administrator - Edmund Leach Room |
| Fri 22 November | Dissertation Expenses Grant – Deadline 1 |
| Fri 22 November | Risk Assessment for Christmas vacation fieldwork. Risk Assessment MUST be signed off by your Principal Supervisor before submission to Moodle. If your research is library-based no Risk Assessment is needed. Risk Assessments get uploaded to your Moodle course. |
| Tue 26 November | 10:00-11:00 - Ethics session for Pre-field students - Dr Perveez Mody and Prof David Sneath, Edmund Leach Room |
| Tue 3 December | Postgraduate Funding Competition deadline (for submitting PhD application). Applications to the PhD course need to be submitted by this date if you wish to be considered in the main funding competition. Discuss with your supervisor in advance. |
| LENT TERM 2025 | |
| Tue 21 January | Lent Term teaching begins |
| Tue 28 January | 12:00 noon - Research Training Paper 1 (RTP1) submission deadline |
| Fri 14 February | Risk Assessment for Easter vacation fieldwork. Risk Assessment MUST be signed off by your Principal Supervisor before submission to Moodle. If your research is library-based no Risk Assessment is needed. Risk Assessments get uploaded to your Moodle course. |
| Fri 14 February | Dissertation Expenses Grant – Deadline 2 |
| EASTER TERM 2025 | |
| Thu 1 May | Easter Term teaching begins |
| Thu 1 May | 12:00 noon - Research Training Paper 2 (RTP2) and Research Training Paper 3 - case study (RTP3) submission deadline |
| Fri 16 May | Dissertation Title and Synopsis submission deadline - should be seen by your supervisor in advance |
| Fri 20 June |
Easter Term ends - Update contact details on CamSIS |
| Fri 27 June | Change of dissertation title deadline |
| Fri 29 August |
12:00 noon - MRes dissertation submission deadline |
| Fri 19 September (Approx. date) | Viva voce examinations (only if required) |
| Mon 29 September | Fieldwork proposal and updated Risk Assessment and Fieldwork Budget submission deadline (if continuing to the PhD). (Risk Assessment MUST be signed off by your Principal Supervisor before submission to Moodle.) |
| Fri 17 October (Approx. date) | Fieldwork clearance interviews (if continuing to the PhD) |
| Late October | Leave to Work Away (LWTA) application on CamSIS - before leaving for fieldwork |
| Tue 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.