Our academic calendar is organised into semesters, each consisting of 12 weeks of teaching activities. Although each course differs slightly in the way it is organised, the majority of our courses use the timings of these semesters to schedule the delivery of your modules.

The calendar includes a combination of teaching weeks, revision weeks, and assessment weeks. Unlike schools and colleges, we don’t have half terms, but on occasion, teaching is paused for a week so that students can engage with wider aspects of University life, eg. Welcome Week and Career Development Week.

2023 - 24 Academic Calendar

Each academic year has three teaching semesters. You can access your personalised teaching timetable in the myWLV app once you've fully completed your enrolment.

OLD WEEK NO.	NEW WEEK NO.	DATE COMMENCING	UNDERGRADUATE	POSTGRADUATE	EVENTS
	1	31/07/23	S3 week 11	Dissertation week 11
	2	07/08/23	S3 week 12	Dissertation week 12
	3	14/08/23	S3 assessment	Dissertation week 13
1	4	21/08/23		Dissertation week 14
2	5	28/08/23		Dissertation week 15
3	6	04/09/23		Dissertation week 16
4	7	11/09/23		Dissertation hand-in	Graduations
SEMESTER 1 (S1)
5	8	18/09/23			Graduations
6	9	25/09/23	Welcome Week
7	10	02/10/23	S1 week 1	S1 week 1
8	11	09/10/23	S1 week 2	S1 week 2
9	12	16/10/23	S1 week 3	S1 week 3
10	13	23/10/23	S1 week 4	S1 week 4
11	14	30/10/23	S1 week 5	S1 week 5
12	15	06/11/23	S1 week 6	S1 week 6
13	16	13/11/23	S1 week 7	S1 week 7
14	17	20/11/23	S1 week 8	S1 week 8
15	18	27/11/23	S1 week 9	S1 week 9
16	19	04/12/23	S1 week 10	S1 week 10
17	20	11/12/23	S1 week 11	S1 week 11
18	21	18/12/23	S1 week 12	S1 week 12
19	22	25/12/23	Non-teaching period	Non-teaching period
20	23	01/01/24	Revision	Revision
21	24	08/01/24	S1 Assessment	S1 Assessment

Semester 2 (January 2024 - May 2024)

OLD WEEK NO.	NEW WEEK NO.	DATE COMMENCING	UNDERGRADUATE	POSTGRADUATE	EVENTS
22	25	15/01/24	Welcome Week (S2 starters)	Welcome Week (S2 starters)
23	26	22/01/24	S2 week 1	S2 week 1
24	27	29/01/24	S2 week 2	S2 week 2
25	28	05/02/24	S2 week 3	S2 week 3
26	29	12/02/24	S2 week 4	S2 week 4	SEM1 Review Week
27	30	19/02/24	S2 week 5	S2 week 5	SEM1 Award Boards
28	31	26/02/24	S2 week 6	S2 week 6
29	32	04/03/24	S2 week 7	S2 week 7
30	33	11/03/24	S2 week 8	S2 week 8
31	34	18/03/24	S2 week 9	S2 week 9
32	35	25/03/24	S1 Resits	Non-teaching period	Easter Sunday 31st March 2024
33	36	01/04/24	Non-teaching period	Non-teaching period
34	37	08/04/24	S2 week 10	S2 week 10
35	38	15/04/24	S2 week 11	S2 week 11
36	39	22/04/24	S2 week 12	S2 week 12
37	40	29/04/24	Revision	Revision
38	41	06/05/24	S2 Assessment	S2 Assessment
39	42	13/05/24	S2 Assessment	S2 Assessment

SEMESTER 3 (S3)
40	43	20/05/24	S3 week 1	Dissertation week 1
41	44	27/05/24	S3 week 2	Dissertation week 2
42	45	03/06/24	S3 week 3	Dissertation week 3
43	46	10/06/24	S3 week 4	Dissertation week 4
44	47	17/06/24	S3 week 5	Dissertation week 5	Intensive resit support classes. SEM2 Review Week
45	48	24/06/24	S3 week 6	Dissertation week 6	Intensive resit support classes. SEM2 Award Boards
46	49	01/07/24	S3 week 7	Dissertation week 7	Intensive resit support classes
47	50	08/07/24	S3 week 8	Dissertation week 8	S2 Resits and all Resit Examinations
48	51	15/07/24	S3 week 9	Dissertation week 9
49	52	22/07/24	S3 week 10	Dissertation week 10
50	1	29/07/24	S3 week 11	Dissertation week 11
51	2	05/08/24	S3 week 12	Dissertation week 12	Re-assessment Award Boards
52	3	12/08/24	S3 assessment	Dissertation week 13
1	4	19/08/24		Dissertation week 14
2	5	26/08/24		Dissertation week 15
3	6	02/09/24		Dissertation week 16

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Please note that dates for future academic years may be subject to change.

WEEK NO.	DATE COMMENCING	UNDERGRADUATE	POSTGRADUATE	EVENTS
1	23/08/2021
2	30/08/2021
3	06/09/2021
4	13/09/2021		Dissertation hand-in
SEMESTER 1 (S1)
5	20/09/2021	Welcome Week
6	27/09/2021	S1 week 1	S1 week 1
7	04/10/2021	S1 week 2	S1 week 2
8	11/10/2021	S1 week 3	S1 week 3
9	18/10/2021	S1 week 4	S1 week 4
10	25/10/2021	S1 week 5	S1 week 5
11	01/11/2021	S1 week 6	S1 week 6
12	08/11/2021	S1 week 7	S1 week 7
13	15/11/2021	S1 week 8	S1 week 8
14	22/11/2021	S1 week 9	S1 week 9
15	29/11/2021	S1 week 10	S1 week 10
16	06/12/2021	S1 week 11	S1 week 11
17	13/12/2021	S1 week 12	S1 week 12
18	20/12/2021	Non-teaching period	Non-teaching period
19	27/12/2021	Non-teaching period	Non-teaching period
20	03/01/2022	Revision	Revision
21	10/01/2022	S1 Assessment	S1 Assessment
SEMESTER 2 (S2)
22	17/01/2022	Welcome Week (S2 starters)
23	24/01/2022	S2 week 1	S2 week 1
24	31/01/2022	S2 week 2	S2 week 2
25	07/02/2022	S2 week 3	S2 week 3
26	14/02/2022	S2 week 4	S2 week 4	S1 Assessment Boards Career Development Week
27	21/02/2022	S2 week 5	S2 week 5	Timetabled classes for S1 resits begin
28	28/02/2022	S2 week 6	S2 week 6
29	07/03/2022	S2 week 7	S2 week 7
30	14/03/2022	S2 week 8	S2 week 8
31	21/03/2022	S2 week 9	S2 week 9
32	28/03/2022	S2 week 10	S2 week 10
33	04/04/2022	S2 week 11	S2 week 11
34	11/04/2022	S1 Resits (levels 3-6 only)	Non-teaching period
35	18/04/2022	Non-teaching period	Non-teaching period	Easter Monday 18/4/22
36	25/04/2022	S2 week 12	S2 week 12
37	02/05/2022	Revision	Revision	May Day Bank Holiday 2 May
38	09/05/2022	S2 Assessment	S2 Assessment
39	16/05/2022	S2 Assessment	S2 Assessment
SEMESTER 3 (S3)
40	23/05/2022	S3 week 1	Dissertation week 1
41	30/05/2022	S3 week 2	Dissertation week 2	Spring Bank Holiday 30 May
42	06/06/2022	S3 week 3	Dissertation week 3
43	13/06/2022	S3 week 4	Dissertation week 4	S2 Assessment Boards
44	20/06/2022	S3 week 5	Dissertation week 5	Intensive resit support classes
45	27/06/2022	S3 week 6	Dissertation week 6	Intensive resit support classes
46	04/07/2022	S3 week 7	Dissertation week 7	Intensive resit support classes
47	11/07/2022	S3 week 8	Dissertation week 8	S2 Resits and all Resit Examinations
48	18/07/2022	S3 week 9	Dissertation week 9	Graduation Ceremonies Class of 2021
49	25/07/2022	S3 week 10	Dissertation week 10	Graduation Ceremonies Class of 2021
50	01/08/2022	S3 week 11	Dissertation week 11	Re-assessment Boards
51	08/08/2022	S3 assessment*	Dissertation week 12
52	15/08/2022		Dissertation week 13
1	22/08/2022		Dissertation week 14
2	29/08/2022		Dissertation week 15
3	05/09/2022		Dissertation week 16
4	12/09/2022		Dissertation week 17 and hand-in
SEMESTER 1 (S1) 2022-23
5	19/09/2022	Welcome Week 2022/23
6	26/09/2022	S1 week 1	S1 week 1

WEEK NO.	DATE COMMENCING	UNDERGRADUATE	POSTGRADUATE	EVENTS
1	22/08/2022
2	29/08/2022
3	05/09/2022			Class of 2022 Graduations
4	12/09/2022		Dissertation hand-in	Class of 2022 Graduations

SEMESTER 1 (S1)
WEEK NO.	DATE COMMENCING	UNDERGRADUATE	POSTGRADUATE	EVENTS
5	19/09/2022	Welcome Week
6	26/09/2022	S1 week 1	S1 week 1
7	03/10/2022	S1 week 2	S1 week 2
8	10/10/2022	S1 week 3	S1 week 3
9	17/10/2022	S1 week 4	S1 week 4
10	24/10/2022	S1 week 5	S1 week 5
11	31/10/2022	S1 week 6	S1 week 6
12	07/11/2022	S1 week 7	S1 week 7
13	14/11/2022	S1 week 8	S1 week 8
14	21/11/2022	S1 week 9	S1 week 9
15	28/11/2022	S1 week 10	S1 week 10
16	05/12/2022	S1 week 11	S1 week 11
17	12/12/2022	S1 week 12	S1 week 12
18	19/12/2022	Non-teaching week	Non-teaching week
19	26/12/2022	Non-teaching week	Non-teaching week
20	02/01/2023	Revision week	Revision week
21	09/01/2023	S1 Assessments	S1 Assessments

SEMESTER 2 (S2)
WEEK NO.	DATE COMMENCING	UNDERGRADUATE	POSTGRADUATE	EVENTS
22	16/01/2023	Welcome Week (S2 starters)
23	23/01/2023	S2 week 1	S2 week 1
24	30/01/2023	S2 week 2	S2 week 2
25	06/02/2023	S2 week 3	S2 week 3
26	13/02/2023	S2 week 4	S2 week 4	S1 Assessment Boards
27	20/02/2023	S2 week 5	S2 week 5
28	27/02/2023	S2 week 6	S2 week 6
29	06/03/2023	S2 week 7	S2 week 7
30	13/03/2023	S2 week 8	S2 week 8
31	20/03/2023	S2 week 9	S2 week 9
32	27/03/2023	S2 week 10	S2 week 10
33	03/04/2023	S1 Resits	Non-teaching week
34	10/04/2023	Non-teaching week	Non-teaching week
35	17/04/2023	S2 week 11	S2 week 11
36	24/04/2023	S2 week 12	S2 week 12
37	01/05/2023	Revision week	Revision week
38	08/05/2023	S2 Assessments	S2 Assessments
39	15/05/2023	S2 Assessments	S2 Assessments

SEMESTER 3 (S3)
WEEK NO.	DATE COMMENCING	UNDERGRADUATE	POSTGRADUATE	EVENTS
40	22/05/2023	S3 week 1	Dissertation week 1
41	29/05/2023	S3 week 2	Dissertation week 2
42	05/06/2023	S3 week 3	Dissertation week 3
43	12/06/2023	S3 week 4	Dissertation week 4	S2 Assessment Boards
44	19/06/2023	S3 week 5	Dissertation week 5	Intensive resit support classes
45	26/06/2023	S3 week 6	Dissertation week 6	Intensive resit support classes
46	03/07/2023	S3 week 7	Dissertation week 7	Intensive resit support classes
47	10/07/2023	S3 week 8	Dissertation week 8	S2 resits
48	17/07/2023	S3 week 9	Dissertation week 9
49	24/07/2023	S3 week 10	Dissertation week 10
50	31/07/2023	S3 week 11	Dissertation week 11	Re-assessment boards
51	07/08/2023	S3 week 12	Dissertation week 12
52	14/08/2023	S3 Assessments	Dissertation week 13
53	21/08/2023		Dissertation week 14
1	28/08/2023		Dissertation week 15
2	04/09/2023		Dissertation week 16
3	11/09/2023		Dissertation hand-in	Class of 2023 Graduations
4	18/09/2023

Academic Calendar 2024-25

OLD WEEK NO.	WEEK NO.	DATE COMMENCING	UNDERGRADUATE	POSTGRADUATE	EVENTS
	1	29/07/24	S3 week 11	Dissertation week 11
	2	05/08/24	S3 week 12	Dissertation week 12
	3	12/08/24	S3 assessment	Dissertation week 13
1	4	19/08/24		Dissertation week 14
2	5	26/08/24		Dissertation week 15
3	6	02/09/24		Dissertation week 16	Provisional Graduations
4	7	09/09/24		Dissertation week 17 and hand-in	Provisional Graduations
SEMESTER 1 (S1)
5	8	16/09/24	Welcome Week
6	9	23/09/24	S1 week 1	S1 week 1
7	10	30/09/24	S1 week 2	S1 week 2
8	11	07/10/24	S1 week 3	S1 week 3
9	12	14/10/24	S1 week 4	S1 week 4
10	13	21/10/24	S1 week 5	S1 week 5
11	14	28/10/24	S1 week 6	S1 week 6
12	15	04/11/24	S1 week 7	S1 week 7
13	16	11/11/24	S1 week 8	S1 week 8
14	17	18/11/24	S1 week 9	S1 week 9
15	18	25/11/24	S1 week 10	S1 week 10
16	19	02/12/24	S1 week 11	S1 week 11
17	20	09/12/24	S1 week 12	S1 week 12
18	21	16/12/24	Non-teaching period	Non-teaching period
19	22	23/12/24	Non-teaching period	Non-teaching period
20	23	30/12/24	Revision	Revision
21	24	06/01/25	S1 Assessment	S1 Assessment
SEMESTER 2 (S2)
22	25	13/01/25	Welcome Week (S2 starters)
23	26	20/01/25	S2 week 1	S2 week 1
24	27	27/01/25	S2 week 2	S2 week 2
25	28	03/02/25	S2 week 3	S2 week 3
26	29	10/02/25	S2 week 4	S2 week 4	SEM1 Review Week
27	30	17/02/25	S2 week 5	S2 week 5	SEM1 Award Boards
28	31	24/02/25	S2 week 6	S2 week 6
29	32	03/03/25	S2 week 7	S2 week 7
30	33	10/03/25	S2 week 8	S2 week 8
31	34	17/03/25	S2 week 9	S2 week 9
32	35	24/03/25	S2 week 10	S2 week 10
33	36	31/03/25	S2 week 11	S2 week 11
34	37	07/04/25	S2 week 12	S2 week 12
35	38	14/04/25	S1 Resits	Non-teaching period	Easter Sunday 20th April 2025
36	39	21/04/25	Non-teaching period	Non-teaching period
37	40	28/04/25	Revision	Revision
38	41	05/05/25	S2 Assessment	S2 Assessment
39	42	12/05/25	S2 Assessment	S2 Assessment
SEMESTER 3 (S3)
40	43	19/05/25	S3 week 1	Dissertation week 1
41	44	26/05/25	S3 week 2	Dissertation week 2
42	45	02/06/25	S3 week 3	Dissertation week 3
43	46	09/06/25	S3 week 4	Dissertation week 4
44	47	16/06/25	S3 week 5	Dissertation week 5	SEM2 Review Week
45	48	23/06/25	S3 week 6	Dissertation week 6	SEM2 Award Boards
46	49	30/06/25	S3 week 7	Dissertation week 7
47	50	07/07/25	S3 week 8	Dissertation week 8	S2 Resits and all Resit Examinations
48	51	14/07/25	S3 week 9	Dissertation week 9
49	52	21/07/25	S3 week 10	Dissertation week 10
50	1	28/07/25	S3 week 11	Dissertation week 11
51	2	04/08/25	S3 week 12	Dissertation week 12	Re-assessment Award Boards
52	3	11/08/25	S3 assessment	Dissertation week 13
1	4	18/08/25		Dissertation week 14
2	5	25/08/25		Dissertation week 15
3	6	01/09/25		Dissertation week 16
4	7	08/09/25		Dissertation week 17 and hand-in	Provisional Graduations
5	8	15/09/25			Provisional Graduations

WEEK NO.	DATE COMMENCING	UNDERGRADUATE	POSTGRADUATE	EVENTS
1	28/07/25	S3 week 11	Dissertation week 11
2	04/08/25	S3 week 12	Dissertation week 12
3	11/08/25	S3 assessment	Dissertation week 13
4	18/08/25		Dissertation week 14
5	25/08/25		Dissertation week 15
6	01/09/25		Dissertation week 16	Provisional Graduations
7	08/09/25		Dissertation week 17 and hand-in	Provisional Graduations
SEMESTER 1 (S1)
8	15/09/25	Welcome Week
9	22/09/25	S1 week 1	S1 week 1
10	29/09/25	S1 week 2	S1 week 2
11	06/10/25	S1 week 3	S1 week 3
12	13/10/25	S1 week 4	S1 week 4
13	20/10/25	S1 week 5	S1 week 5
14	27/10/25	S1 week 6	S1 week 6
15	03/11/25	S1 week 7	S1 week 7
16	10/11/25	S1 week 8	S1 week 8
17	17/11/25	S1 week 9	S1 week 9
18	24/11/25	S1 week 10	S1 week 10
19	01/12/25	S1 week 11	S1 week 11
20	08/12/25	S1 week 12	S1 week 12
21	15/12/25	Non-teaching period	Non-teaching period
22	22/12/25	Non-teaching period	Non-teaching period
23	29/12/25	Revision	Revision
24	05/01/26	S1 Assessment	S1 Assessment
SEMESTER 2 (S2)
25	12/01/26	Welcome Week (S2 starters)
26	19/01/26	S2 week 1	S2 week 1
27	26/01/26	S2 week 2	S2 week 2
28	02/02/26	S2 week 3	S2 week 3
29	09/02/26	S2 week 4	S2 week 4	SEM1 Review Week
30	16/02/26	S2 week 5	S2 week 5	SEM1 Award Boards
31	23/02/26	S2 week 6	S2 week 6
32	02/03/26	S2 week 7	S2 week 7
33	09/03/26	S2 week 8	S2 week 8
34	16/03/26	S2 week 9	S2 week 9
35	23/03/26	S2 week 10	S2 week 10
36	30/03/26	S1 Resits	Non-teaching period	Easter Sunday 5th April 2026
37	06/04/26	Non-teaching period	Non-teaching period
38	13/04/26	S2 week 11	S2 week 11
39	20/04/26	S2 week 12	S2 week 12
40	27/04/26	Revision	Revision
41	04/05/26	S2 Assessment	S2 Assessment
42	11/05/26	S2 Assessment	S2 Assessment
SEMESTER 3 (S3)
43	18/05/26	S3 week 1	Dissertation week 1
44	25/05/26	S3 week 2	Dissertation week 2
45	01/06/26	S3 week 3	Dissertation week 3
46	08/06/26	S3 week 4	Dissertation week 4
47	15/06/26	S3 week 5	Dissertation week 5	SEM2 Review Week
48	22/06/26	S3 week 6	Dissertation week 6	SEM2 Award Boards
49	29/06/26	S3 week 7	Dissertation week 7
50	06/07/26	S3 week 8	Dissertation week 8	S2 Resits and all Resit Examinations
51	13/07/26	S3 week 9	Dissertation week 9
52	20/07/26	S3 week 10	Dissertation week 10
1	27/07/26	S3 week 11	Dissertation week 11
2	03/08/26	S3 week 12	Dissertation week 12	Re-assessment Award Boards
3	10/08/26	S3 assessment	Dissertation week 13
4	17/08/26		Dissertation week 14
5	24/08/26		Dissertation week 15
6	31/08/26		Dissertation week 16
7	07/09/26		Dissertation week 17 and hand-in	Provisional Graduations
8	15/09/26			Provisional Graduations

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