Revised Academic Year Calendar
Following consultation with staff from across the University and the Students’ Union, Academic Board has approved changes to the Academic Year Calendar from 2014/15. The 2014/15 Academic Year will now begin with Welcome Week, starting on Monday 15 September 2014 (previously planned to be 22 September 2014).
The changes to the Calendar have been made to allow Schools more flexibility to tailor teaching time in line with the needs of individual programmes and to foster academic research across the University.
Core dates in the Calendar, such as Clearing, Welcome Week, Enrolment, Examinations, Vacations and Graduation, remain fixed across the University.
As Academic Year Calendars from 2014/15 will differ slightly from School to School, a set of standard requirements has been agreed to ensure the appropriate level of contact hours and teaching weeks are available to all students
Schools are developing detailed 2014/15 programme calendars for approval by Academic Board. These calendars will be available online for staff, current and prospective students from Easter 2014 and via subject pages on the University website and Blackboard.
Changes to 2014 resit arrangements
Following the introduction of the revised Academic Year Calendar for 2014/15, Academic Board has agreed that the 2014 resit week will be brought forward, in line with the new schedule, to allow the release of results to students on 8 September, ahead of the start of the new academic year. Key dates are now as follows:
- 7, 8 and 9 July 2014(midday) – Publication of first sit results, all levels
- 25 July 2014 – Final resit exam timetable to be published
- 11 August 2014 – Hand in resit coursework (previously 1 September)
- w/c 11 August 2014 – Resit week (previously w/c 1 September)
- w/c 18 August 2014 – Design Work resit submissions (Architecture)
- 8 September 2014 – Publication of resit results (midday)
- w/c 1 September – resit Examination Boards
In order to minimise any disruption for students related to the change in resit week; any student who can provide documentary evidence that they have, as of yesterday, Tuesday 4 February 2014, already booked and confirmed immovable arrangements (for example an in-patient procedure, their own wedding, a family holiday) that will make them unavailable, if subsequently required, to attend resit examinations during w/c 11 August 2014, should make this known to the Extenuating Circumstances Team now.
This should be done via e mail with appropriate evidence attached (for example confirmation of holiday booking, hospital/appointment letter confirmations) by Friday 28 February 2014 to studentsrecords@lincoln.ac.uk. All evidence submitted will be considered and where approved, alternative examination arrangements will be made and notified to students as soon as possible after first sit results are released in July.
Students who have any questions about the above arrangements are asked to contact their Personal Tutor, their School Office or the Student Support Centre for further information and advice.
Chris Spendlove
University Registrar