Induction week
Below is the schedule for Induction week 2018. All students are expected to attend the events listed below, so please let the Graduate Administrator, (graduate-secretary [at] socanth.cam.c.uk) know if you cannot attend any of the activities.
All events take place in the Department of Social Anthropology unless marked with an asterisk*.
| Date | Time | Description and Location |
|---|---|---|
| Before course | All-year | SSRMC Skills audit, online at SSRMC |
| Tue 02 October | Morning | Graduate Safety Course, Babbage Lecture Theatre |
| Wed 03 October | 11:30 | Pre-Field Induction, Department of Social Anthropology |
| Wed 03 October | 16:00 | Introduction to the SSRMC, Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick site |
| Wed 03 October | 17:00 | SSRMC booking window opens, University Training & Booking System |
| Thu 04 October | 09:00 | Teaching begins, see MRes/PhD1 Timetables |
| Fri 05 October | 18:00 | Social Anthropology welcome party, Museum of Arch & Anth |
| Tues 09 October | 09:00 | Deirdre McCLoskey Workshop on Academic Writing |
| Wed 10 October | Morning | Interviews with PhD Chai and Pre-Field Tutor |
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 2018-19 | |
|---|---|
| MICHAELMAS TERM 2018 | |
| Thursday 04 October | Michaelmas Term teaching begins |
| Friday 12 October | 17:00 Deadline - Nominations for pre-field cohort PhD Committee Junior Member |
| Wednesday 17 October | Election for nomination of pre-field cohort PhD Committee Junior Member |
| Friday 26 October | Research Training Paper titles released |
| Friday 07 December | Fieldwork Risk Assessment Form due for Christmas vacation fieldwork |
| LENT TERM 2019 | |
| Thursday 17 January | Lent Term teaching begins |
| Friday 18 January | Noon Submission deadline for Research Training Paper (RTP) 1 |
| Thursday 28 February | Fieldwork Risk Assessment Form due for Easter vacation fieldwork |
| EASTER TERM 2019 | |
| Tuesday 23 April | Deadline for Fieldwork Risk Assessment Form |
| Thursday 25 April | Easter Term teaching begins |
| Friday 26 April | Noon Submission deadline for Research Training Paper (RTP) 2 |
| Friday 26 April | Noon Submission deadline for Ethnographic Case Study |
| Friday 17 May | Noon Submission deadline for Fieldwork Proposal |
| Late May / Early June | Fieldwork Clearance Interviews |
| Friday 31 May | Deadline for William Wyse Fieldwork Funding applications |
| Friday 31 May | Deadline for University Fieldwork Fund Applications |
| Friday 14 June | Easter Full Term ends, update contact details in your CamSIS self-service account |
A staff-student coffee morning is held during Full Term - you will be notified of the time and date.
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.