Our Academic Calendar contains information on all the key dates you need for the 2024-25 academic year, including teaching weeks, examination periods and vacations for all taught courses.
Many of our undergraduate degrees are taught over two trimesters (Trimester 1, Trimester 2) but some are taught over three.
The calendar information provided below is for:
Welcome Week: 16-20 September 2024
Trimester 1 teaching (11+1 weeks): 23 September–13 December 2024
Examinations: 16–20 December 2024
Welcome Week: 13–17 January 2025
Trimester 2 teaching (11+1 weeks): 20 January–11 April 2025
Examinations: 28 April–14 May 2025
Trimester 3 teaching (11+1 weeks): 12 May–1 August 2025
Examinations: 1–8 August 2025
Christmas: Monday 23 December 2024–Friday 3 January 2025 (inclusive)
Easter: Monday 14 April–Friday 25 April 2025 (inclusive)
Download the academic calendar (higher education) 2024-25
These dates relate to further education courses at Writtle College.
2 September–20 December 2024 (induction for first-year students takes place from 2-6 September; returning students start back on Monday 9 September)
Half-term 28 October–1 November 2024
6 January–4 April 2025
Half-term 17–21 February 2025
24 April–13 July 2025
Bank holidays 18 April, 21 April, 5 May, 26 May 2025
(Teacher training, no pupils)
Christmas: 23 December 2024–3 January 2025 inclusive
Easter: 7–21 April 2025 inclusive