PhD1 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.
| PhD1 in Social Anthropology 2024-25 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | Introductory welcome meetings with Prof Rupert Stasch and Dr Natalia Buitron - from 09:00 - Edmund Leach Room (schedule has been sent separately by e-mail) |
| 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 | Nominations for Student Representative members of the PhD Committee close (latest date) |
| Wed 30 October | 09:00-17:00 - Research Presentations (mini-conference) - Day 1 - Phoenix Room 2 |
| Thu 31 October | 11:30-17:00 - Research Presentations (mini-conference) - Day 2 - Mond Seminar 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 | 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 with Dr Perveez Mody and Prof David Sneath - Edmund Leach Room |
| 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. |
| Thu 4 March | Fieldwork Risk Assessment for main fieldwork and Fieldwork Budget for main fieldwork submission deadline |
| 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 |
| Mon 12 May | Fieldwork Proposal submission deadline (upload to Moodle) plus updated Risk Assessment and Fieldwork Budget (if your Risk Assessment and Fieldwork Budget have changed since submission in March) |
| Thu 22 May & Fri 23 May (Approx. date) | Fieldwork Clearance Interviews |
| Mon 2 June (Approx. date) | Leave to Work Away (LTWA) applications on CamSIS - before leaving for fieldwork |
| Fri 13 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.